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Evening star., 1943-06-09
New Army U Ration
Provides Variety for
Troops in<FieId
Food Can Be Prepared
With Hot or Cold Water:
No Cook Required
BY THOMAS r. HENRY,
Star Staff Correspondent.

STRATEGIC AIR FORCE CAMP,
NORTH AFRICA.-First issues Of
the Army's new ~" ration for troops
in the field are being received at
Air Force stations here.
1t provides a varied, palatable
diet with no cooking necessary
merely addition of either hot or cold
water for breakfast cereals, coffee,
ham and eggs, roast beef, meat balls
and spaghetti and several other
dishes.
Mess officers are unanimous In
praise Of the ration as the best for
field service yet achieved by the
scientists of the Quartermaster
Corps, and men who have subsisted
for months on little more than the
&C. ration are equally enthusiastic
over the change. A little variety in
diet probably has a lot to do with
the reaction.
Can't Buy From Arabs.
Intended for troops on an active
campaign where setting up Of field
kitchens often would be impossible,
the sudden end Of the ground CAM
paisn came before many of the
rations had been distributed. The
issuance now is opportune, how
ever, because most Air Corps medi-
cal officers in the field have Just
prohibited buying green vegetables,
such as very delicious lettuce. from
local Arabs after deciding that it
was unsafe with any normal amount
of preparation. These vegetables
used to give welcome relief to
mess hall monotony.
The new ration comes packed In
wooden boxes each Of which contains
enough for five men for one day. 1t
would be difficult to carry on the
back but most troops here travel by
jeep or truck anyway.
A similar ration, with the addi-
the British Ministry of Food last
winter especially with the 9Th
Army, then crossing the desert, In
mind, and ct that time it was hailed
as nearest to the ideal yet realized.
American Army experimenters evi-
IDENTIFY were working along the same
lines at the same time.
Ration Is Palatable.
Three different menus for three
succeeding days have been issued
with different cereals each morning
and different meat and fruits for
each meal.
The ration is not intended to take
the place of the *" ration for
troops actually in the front lines, to
which there has been little objection,
but is close to ideal for small parties
sent out on scouting missions or for
air crews on days mission
If it is possible to get hot water
the need of kitchen and cooks for
hot meals is ohviated and even with
cold water the ration is quite pal
atable.
Evening star., 1943-06-09
Russians Reta|iate
For Three German
Raids on Cork
Enemy Planes, Dumps and
Supplies Destroyed in
Raids Above Bryonsk
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, June 9.-Dramatic
acts Of heroism have been per-
formed night after night by Red
Army pilots who have roared
into the milky white night"
above Cork to protect that vital
munitions center from German
raids, dispatches from that
thrice bombed city said today.
The dispatches. describing the
third raid in five nights on the
production plants $50 miles east of
Moscow, said seven enemy bombers
were shot down and that dwellings
had been damaged.
(The Moscow dispatch did not
say when the last raid was made,
but German broadcasts recorded
in London said the big "Molotoff"
tank factory there was last
raided Monday night. Aerial
reconnaissance had shown the
factory almost completely de-
stroyed," and Monday nights
raid completed the destruction,
the broadcast said.
CThe Soviet midday COM
munique ignored Berlin prop
aganda reports of great German
victory in the Caucasus in which
$4,000 Soviet troops were pur-
portedly killed in four major
battles-nor did the Hitler COM
mand mention any such victory in
today's war bulletin.
(The Nazi high command said
merely that "the enemy suffered
very heavy losses in men and
material during the last two
weeks in stormir.g the German
held Kuban bridgehead with rifle
divisions, three rifle brigades, six
tank formations and strong aerial
support. Altogether, 100 Soviet
tanks and $50 planes were de-
clared to have been knocked out.
CThe Germans indicated that
f1erce Soviet attacks were con-
tinuing in the Kuban sector)
Lung 4 ollSC IuSSldIl OOI11DCTS re-
taliated Immediately for the Cork
attacks, smashing at enemy air.
dromes northwest of Bryansk, where
German planes, ammunition dumps
and supplies were reported de-
stroyed.
Land fighting along the vast front
was confined to feeler stabs and
softening-up blows from heavy ar
tillery as the opposing air forces
continued to drive home blows ex-
pected to pave the way for the
start of the 1943 offensives.
Another report of successful So
Wet aerial battles came from the
Lenlngrad front. A group of Ger
man JU-78s and HE-111s attacked
in broad daylight, front-line dis
patches said. but Soviet pilots met
the attack and shot down % Nazi
planes.
Evening star., 1943-06-09
Clothes Rotioning Threat Dims
As WPB Releases More Wool

rayon and cotton which WPB year
ago was urging manufacturers to
blend into their fabrics to stretch
the wool supply now appears likely
to become scarcer than wool itself.
Some -officials said there was
virtually no danger of clothing
rationing this wear and possibly not
for the duration. The pinch In rayon
will not become severe until next
year, when soaring military demands
for super-duty rayon cord for syn
thetic rubber tires will cut deeply
into civilian supplies.
A. D. Whiteside, WPB's director
of civilian requirements, already has
voiced a conviction that the country
can get by without clothing ration
ing.
Meanwhile, unexpectedly heavy
shipments of wool in munitions
boats returning from Australia and
careful conservation of the domestic
wool clip have boosted the raw wool
stockpile to about 100000 900
pounds, greater than ever before.
Evening star., 1943-06-09
Six Scholarships Awarded
At Dunburton COLLEGE

Dunbarton College of Holy Cross
has awarded three full scholarships
and three half scholarships for the
next academic term.
Full scholarships were awarded to
Miss Mary Elizabeth Hughes, 1912
Twelfth place NE; Miss Helen Rey-
nolds, $40 Oneida place NV, and
Miss Charlotte M. Mahoney, 1141
Oates street NE.
Those receiving half scholarships
were Miss Mary Frances Fitzgerald,
Silver Spring, Md. Miss Mary Lou
lie Blanc, now at the Academy OF
Holy Cross. and Miss Joan G. Con-
Ion. st. Mary's Academy, Alexan-
dria, Va.
Evening star., 1943-06-09
| Draft Board Calls
VoItin, Author,
|For Examination
By the Associated Press.

6y the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June e.-Jan Valtin,
author OF Out of the Night" in
which he related his activities as a
Communist and Gestapo agent, has
been ordered to report for examina-
ton to the Selective Service Board
in Bethel. Conn, where he has been
living with his wife and child.
His ga status was given him in
October. 1910, at New York Board
No. IL, where he registered.
A native of Germany, .Valtin,
whose real name is Richard Krebs,
was arrested last November "a on
warrants ordering his deportation
as an undesirable alien or his intern
ment for the duration of the war as
an enemy alien.
He was held on Ellis Island until
two weeks ago when, his attorney
announced, he was released.
Evening star., 1943-06-09
Mrs. Simmons Forced
Way Into Hotel Room,
Oil Man Testifies
Witness for Defense
Soys Some One Tried
To Hold Door Shut
BY the Associated Press.

-"
TULSA, Okla, June "a defense
witness testified today that he saw
Mrs T. Karl Simmons attempting
to force her way into the hotel
room of Mrs. Ella B. Howard, who
is on trial for the fatal shooting of
the widely known horsewoman.
B. F. Brundred. Pasadena, Calf -.
oil man, said he occupied Room 927
In the Mayo Hotel March rs, when
Mrs. Simmons was slain In Room
026, across the hall.
Mr.. Brundred was termed by de-
fense attorneys their first important
witness in combating the State
charge af manslaughter.
Mr.. Brundred said he first noticed
the woman whom he learned later
was Mrs. Simmons as he was walk
ing down the hall. His attention,
he continued, was attracted by the
grimness of her expression.
Heard Voice Cry Out.
An unidentified womans voice
cried out You can't come in here"
when Mrs. Simmons sought to enter
Room 926, he said. He added that
some one inside the room was trying
to hold the door shut.
Almost simultaneously" the wit
ness went on, Il heard two shots
ring out and my first thought was
to get word down to the desk"
He ran down the hall to get a
bellboy and as he was doing SO heard
three or four more shots" he said.
He turned around and saw a
woman running into room 9l4. Later,
he learned this woman was Mrs.
Howard.
Afterward he went to room 926
and saw that the woman who had
been killed was the one who had
tried to shove her way into the
room, he said.
Mr.. Brundred's testimony was ex-
pected to be followed later by that
Of the defendant, herself.
Victims Husband May Testify.
T. Karl Simmons, husband of the
victim and friend for several years
OF Mrs. Howard, may also be
defense witness. Defense counsel
said. however, he probably would
not be asked to testify about the
$4,000 payment he has said that
he made to the attractive, 44-year-
old Fort Worth (Tex.) divorce
in September, 1912.
The Tulsa GILMAN was summoned
as State witness yesterday, but was
not used, as the State put only four
witnesses on the stand and then
rested its case Mrs. Howard's coun-
sci said Mr.. Simmons would be called
as a defense witness.
George Sheehan, veteran emplove
OF the Gilman, testified yesterday
that Mrs. Simmons showed him a
gun, similar to the one with which
she was killed. several days before
the shooting.
Mrs. Simmons, Mr.. Sheehan testi-
fed. told him that Mrs. Howard was
at the hotel and that she thought
Mr.. Simmons also was there.
He searched her handbag. ne re-
lated, as they stood near the eleva-
tor on the ninth floor and did not
find weapon. When he could not
prevent her from going to Mrs. How
ards room. Mr.. Sheehan said, he
returned to the lobby.
Evening star., 1943-06-09
BY the Associated Press,

Prospects of avoiding clothing
rationing frightened noticeably
today with the War Production
Boards decision to double the
amount of wool that may go into
civilian woolen and Worsted feb
RIGS.
Barring difficulties with man.
power and machinery shortages. both
described as serious obstacles WPB
said the improved wool supply pic
ture guaranteed sufficient raw ma
terial to meet all essential civilian
and military needs.
The clothing produced, moreover,
will be warm and lasting, for
WPB yesterday eliminated the pro-
visions that made part of each man
ufacturers wool supply contingent
on his mixing the fiber with rayon,
cotton or other substitutes.
1t appeared that the textile situa-
ton had reversed itself, and that the
Evening star., 1943-06-09
Gen. Marshall Flies
Two Soldiers Home
Wounded Enlisted Men
Brought From Africa
: the Associated Press.


When Gen. George C. Marshall
Army chief of staff, returned here
from North Africa Monday he
brought with him two wounded en-
listed men evacuated from the war
zone.
The War Department announced
yesterday that the men are Pfc.
Joe B. Robinson, %, Rice, Tex, and
Techniclan Fifth Grade Wilbur M.
Fendrick, 81, Dunellen, N j. Both
are patients now at Walter Reed
Hospital
Finding two vacant seats shortly
before take-off time. Gen. Marshall
asked if any nearby hospitals had
patients well enough to be flown
home.
Pvt. Robinson, wounded when
bullet forced pieces of his helmet
into his skull, was in a British hos
pital
Technician Fendrick, injured in
a truck accident on May "a after
having gone through two major
engagements, was in an American
hospital. He found himself at Wal
ter Reed IA days later The date
of Pvt. Robinson's wound was not
given.
Evening star., 1943-06-09
Congress in Brief

Senate:
May take up Farm Security Ad-
ministration appropriations.
Military Affairs Committee will
hear Col. Lewis Sanders on Austin
Wadsworth national service bill.
Senate and House conferees seek
agreement on anti-Strike bill.
House:
Considers Treasury-Post once ap-
propriation bill.
Naval Affairs Committee studies
college training program.
Evening star., 1943-06-09
Baseball
Continued From First Page.)

VII IL OF dSc.'
Peacock popped to Sullivan. Hugh
son forced NeWsome, Sullivan un-
assisted.
THIRD INNING.
WASHINGTON-Tabor threw out
Case. Spence went out. Lupien to
Hughson. Priddy singled to left
Johnson popped to Doerr.
BOSTON-Miles popped to YER
non. Fox lined to Johnson Lupien
singled to center. Sullivan threw
out Tabor.
FOURTH INNING.
NGTON-Hughson tossed
out Kampouris. Vernon was thrown
out by Newsome. Early singled I'd
right. Sullivan forced Early, Doerr
to Newsome.
BOSTON-Doerr lined to Kam-
pouris. Simmons fouled to Vernon.
Kampouris made a nice pickup Of
Newsome bunt and threw him out
FIFTH INNING.
WASHINGTON-Hughson tossed
out Leonard Case lined to Miles
Spence singled to center. Priddy
forced Spence, Newsome to Doerr
BOSTON-Peacock bunted and
Kampouris threw him out. Hughson
bunted and Leonard threw him out.
Miles flied to Spence
SIXTH INNING.
Observation-Disclosures threw
out Johnson. Doerr tossed out Kam-
pouris. Newsome went back of Sec
ond for Vernon's hopper and threw
him out.
BOSTON-Fox popped to Kam-
pouris. johnson made a spectacular
running catch of Lupien's liner to
left-center. Tabor popped to Kam-
pouris.
SEVENTH INNING.
WASHINGTON-Early flied to
Miles. Sullivan walked. Robertson
batted for Leonard and walked. Case
beat out a slow roller to Newsome,
filling the bases. Spence flied to
Simmons, Sullivan scoring after the
catch. Priddy walked, again filing
the bases. Newsome threw out john
son. One run.
BOSTON - Carrasquel went In
to pitch for Washington. Doerr
singled to left. Simmons fouled to
Priddy. Newsome singled to right,
putting Doerr on third. Peacock S
grounder went through Vernon's legs
for two-base error, Doerr scoring
Newsome taking third. Hughson
grounded to Sullivan, whose throw
to the plate caught Newsome at
tempting to score. Peacock took
third and Hughson reached first.
Miles forced Hughson, Sullivan to
Priddy. One run.
EIGHTH INNING.
Observation-Disclosures hit
his first home run of the season
over the left field fence. Vernon
struck out. When Vernon protested
at third strike and threw his bat in
the air, Umpire Pipgras ordered him
from the game. When Bluege pro-
tested Vernon's removal too vigor-
ouSly he also was put out OF the
game. 1t was the second time in
Bluege's career that he was thrown
out of a game. Early flied to Miles
close to the right center wall. Sui
livan lined to Doerr. One run.
BOSTON-Moore playing first
base for Washington. Fox lined to
Spence. Lupien popped to Doerr.
Tabor lined to Kampouris.
NINTH INNING.
WASHINGTON - Lazor playing
left for Boston. Myatt batted for
Carresquel and grounded to Doerr.
Case singled to left. Lupien made a
great stop of Spence's drive, stepped
on first and threw to Newsome
doubling up Case.
Evening star., 1943-06-09
Receivership Denied

PHILADELPHIA, June 8 (P.-A
motion by stockholders of the
Standard Gas e. Electric Co.. ask
ing the Securities and Exchange
Commission to petition the Federal
Courts to appoint receiver was
denied yesterday by the commission.
Evening star., 1943-06-09

You can place a Want Ad" In
The Evening Star as late as II
o'clock tonight. At the business
counter, or if you have a telephone
call Ma. 5000.
Evening star., 1943-06-09
|. B. McForIune Dies

MONTREAL, June 9 tP.-Lewis
Brown McFarlane, 81, former presi-
dent of the Bell Telephone Co. OF
Canada; died here today after
lengthy illness.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-29
Good Government The Issue

There can only be one real issue in
municipal mayoralty campaign, namely,
good government That has been
burning question here in Waterbury for
some time, but apparently was well solved
In 1899 with the election of Vincent A.
fEcully as mayor. Under his management
and with the aid of conscientious office
holders the city was given the type Of
government for which it had been clamor-
Ing. There has been no change in this
torn Of government during 1943, although
the mayoralty is now held by John s.
sMonagan. AS president Of the Board of
Aldermen during Mayor Scully'S regime
he was certainly committed to the latter's
policies.
II Republicans can find flaws in this
kind OF government that the Democrats
under Scully and Monagan have been CIV
Ing the city, they are entitled to ask the
Electorate to bring about change OF
administration. But it's hard to dispute
such front as the Democrats have built
Through the medium of city well and
economically governed. There have been
cries of "do-nothing" and there have been
cries OF mismanagement, but the facts
are against such claims. The truth of the
matter is the Democrats have done good
Job and most of the city's voters know
and appreciate this Whether or not they
win respond by endorsement Of the DEM
ocratic ticket will be told Tuesday night.
Such issues as have been raised by the
Republicans or the Independent Demo-
Gratis have been more or less on the fanci-
full side. It's naturally hard to hurl
accusations that carry weight when a
person hasn't done anything of which
he can be accused. And you can't weigh
an administration and find 1t lacking
when it's wartime operations have been
geared to the best possible defense effort.
All Of which has made the COP task this
fall the more difficult. And it may explain
why Republican candidates are unable to
offer a program of their own to the people
lDf Waterbury. Democrats maintain they
will continue to give the city sound and
economical government keeping abreast
of times and conditions. Republicans
must at least duplicate such an offer If
they wish to be considered in favor or
good government. AS yet they appear
merely to be opponents for New Dealism
and as such are demanding election here
in Waterbury.
That's not the platform the Waterbury
electorate looks for in municipal cleo
ton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-29

mediums FOR reconciling this bewilder-
ment But the press can't be blamed for
falling back on them when nothing better
is offered. And the public can't be CEN
sured for the very human reaction Of ex-
aggerating the perils Of the unknown and
the untold.
Naturally, nobody wants any informal
ton made public that could possibly
hamper our prosecution Of the war. But
the secret session Of the House is only
one of several incidents that add up to
the conclusion that considerable ''confi-
Dental" information is so designated
through the caprice Of the powers that
be. The Army isn't the only capricious
power, by any means. The Navy Is given
to similar lofty attitudes. And the civilian
government on occasion has fallen into
the services habit of regarding the pub
lie that is fighting and paying for this war
as an irresponsible group to be dismissed
with pat on the head and the admoni-
ton to run along now, papa's busy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-29
Medicated Political Candy

Along With numerous other measures
which fall into the sweeping classification
OF social progress legislation, is the Wag-
ner-Murray Senate Bill 1851. The fact
that 1t makes provision for free general
medical, special medical, laboratory and
disqualification benefits for 100000
people in the United States, makes it pop
ular political candy.
The measure is just another step in the
totalitarian government theory of cradle
to-the-grave domination of the individual.
It would give the Surgeon General of the
Public Health Service the power to hire
doctors and establish rates Of pay; to
establish fee schedules for services; to
establish qualifications for specialists;
to determine the number of individuals
for whom any physician may provide
service; and to determine arbitrarily
what hospitals or clinics may provide
service for patients.
The bill provides that employers pay
q tax on wages paid to individuals up to
$4,000 per year, of per cent; that en-
ployes pay tax deducted from wages on
earned income up to $4,000 year, of 6
per cent (total of IL per cent on pay
rolls;) that self-employed individuals
pay tax on value of services up to So, 900
year, of 7 per cent; that Federal, state
and municipal employees under certain
conditions, pay IL per cent.
The Surgeon General of the Public
Health Service would have the expendi-
ture OF some $3,000,000,000 annually,
which sum would, in reality, be nothing
more nor less than $3,000 100000 Of new
taxes for system of socialized medicine
to displace the present American medical
system which has developed the most eff
fective and the most widely distributed
medical care ever provided for any COM
parable number Of people anywhere at
any time.
State medicine for the masses will mean
medical care by physicians who are po-
litically amenable, rather than by those
of superior abilities-for the doctor it will
mean catering to ward committeeman,
rather than the needs Of humanbeings
who are his patients. That will be the
effect Of an overdose Of medicated polite
al candy. And the people will pay stiff
price for it in the form of new taxes on
wages, even though they think they are
going to get something for nothing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-29
Views Of The Press
ITO THE CoLoRs"
(Hartford courant)

NAee%A SeNAS SSSASseU
ITO the Colors" Is not q song. It's
Just q bugle call with sweet re-
frain, played as substitute for
the National Anthem In lonely out
posts, or small camps that boast
no band, at the Army's twilight
ceremony Of retreat when the
Flag Is reverently lowered for the
night. 1t can't be marched to-
much less danced to. Unlike the
rambunctious "Reveille" and the
haunting Taps" ITO the Colors'
hasn't any known set Of words. Yet
at its first notes every man in uni
form snaps to attention, salute OF
present-arms, and every civilian
who knows his military music and
manners rncovers just as for 1.-THE
Star-Spangled Banner" standing
with his hat over his heart until
the shrill melody is ended and the
Flag detail' has carefully folded
away Old Glory until the coming
dawn.
Commercialization of "the Ban
ner," which at one time early in the
present war almost became a scam
dial, is now pretty generally dis
couraged, and seems to be on its
way out. True, Francis Scott Keys
hymn is an inspiring one with
which to start or end the day, and
nobody can object to its use by any
radio station at those two times.
Somehow, though, ITO the Colors'
seems to be in a different category.
It is in a sense the intimate, per-
sonal National Anthem of men who
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-29
Papa Knows Best

The Army added further eXasperating
evidence Of its papa knows best" news
policy the other day when it insisted that
IA group of high-ranking military leaders
address the House of Representatives in
secret session. After the meeting several
congressman said they thought that these
leaders reports, variously described as
:'highly Informative" Every convincing"
and straight from the shoulder" should
be made public. Yet if4it had not been
for the usual "leaks," not single crumb
of information would have been thrown
to the ordinary news-hungry citizen.
Some of the news that leaked out was
already known. The rest of it was of a
sort that the public could and should
know, since it obviously is known to the
enemy: that Japans manpower problem
is less serious than ours; that she is build
ing planes faster than we can destroy
them; that half-million Jap troops men
ace Russia'S much-talked-of Siberian air
bases; that German fighter pilots are
lodging ours not because they are afraid,
but because they are concentrating their
strength on our bomber formations.
We are accused, as a nation, of being
complacent - and why shouldn't we be,
since most of the news we get is sugar
coated? But the great wonder is
that we haven't become panicky.
We read of advances in Italy and
the SolomonS, of German factories
leveled and great fleets of Jap planes
smashed. Then we hear from congress
men who. attended this secret meeting
that the speakers "debunked lot of op-
kimism," and that General Marshall gave
the impression that 1--WE are in one hell OF
4 war; It certainly would not be surpris-
ing IL some newspaper readers are con-
krasting the enthusiastic tone Of official
news releases with these pessimistic hints
from behind closed doors, and are begin
ming 10 wonder just how mueh is being
kept from them and how much OF any
thing they can believe News "leaks"
and speculation are scarcely the ideal