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Evening star., 1943-09-18
Crowd at Scene
| Of Crash Buys
New WorpIone

BY the Associated Press.
SOMERS, N. Y, Sept. 18.-Uncle
Sans alert neighbors in this sub
urban community couldn't stand idly
by and see him lose fighter plane.
The plane crashed today on the
estate of William H. Lasdon after
the pilot bailed out safely. Mr..
Lasdon happened to be chairman of
the Third War Loan drive in the
township.
Inside of an hour he had his COM
mittee on the job. circulating among
the spectators who were attracted
by the explosion and the flames A
short time later, the committee had
solicited $4,000 in bond pledges
toward a new fighter plane.
Then they set out on the job OF
raising the rest of the. $4,000 cost
among the townspeople
That goal was reached within an
other hour.
Evening star., 1943-09-18
Steuart Witness. Puts
Blame in Oil Delivery
Case on 0DT Rules
Also Says Company
Mus Handicapped by
Inexperienced Help

Curtis P. Steuart, secretary
and general manager of L. P.
Steuart g. Bros, Inc, testified
today in an OPA hearing that
any irregularities in his firms
fuel oil deliveries last winter oc-
CURED largely as the result of
efforts to comply with Office of
Defense Transportation regula-
tions for saving gasoline and
tires.
Complicating the problem was the
company's inability to get efficient
help, he testified at continuation
Of the hearing which opened early
this month before OPA Hearing
Commissioner Clifford Snyder of
New York on 227 charges of ration
ing irregularities.
1T is hard enough to get truck
drivers let alone truck drivers who
are also bookkeepers and engineers,
Mr. Steuart testified after explain
ing that two of the alleged viola
tions involved deliveries of 9 and II
gallons for which coupons valid at
the time were not received.
Absent Mindedness Blamed.
The small excesses, for which the
drivers took coupons which would
become valid few days later, Mr..
Stewart attributed to absent mind
edness on the part of the drivers.
The company's trucks pump oil at
the rate of 40 gallons minute, Mr..
Steuart said. The driver in one of
the cases had been instructed to de-
liver only so gallons, but actually de-
livered 81 gallons, according to the
undisputed records.
Under questioning by Renah F.
Camalier, defense attorney, Mr..
Steuart testified that a 15-second
delay in shutting off the pump would
have resulted in inadvertant deliv-
cry of the extra II gallons.
In opening the fuel oil companys
case, Mr.. Camalier said the defense
would prove that some of the Gov
ernments charges were inaccurate,
incorrect and without foundation. -.
He charged that Government
(See STEUART. Page A-2)
Evening star., 1943-09-18
Red Paper Criticizes Americans
For Politics During Wartime

lineup placed Wendell Willkie as a
serious opponent of isolationism in
the Republican party" and said
among Republicans Willkie enjoys
the most popularity in the country,
but he still has not obtained the
support of the heads of the Repub-
licsn party"
Gen. Douglas Macarthur was
named by the newspaper as pos
sible Republican candidate.
Among Democrats, Pravda said,
some Senators were speaking in IA
vor of fourth term for President
Roosevelt, although some Southern
Democrats opposed a fourth term.
Other potential Democratic candi-
dates were listed as Senator Byrd OF
Virginia, VioA President Wallace
and War Manpower Commissioner
McNutt.
Evening star., 1943-09-18
Sa|erno Battle
Almost Ended;
Nazis Retreat
Town ii Miles From
Coast Token as
Armies Merge
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
Allied sea-borne forces have
captured two islands just OF the
Bay Of Naples in an offensive ac-
ton which completely fianked
the great Italian port from the
north, 1t was disclosed today.
The two islands are Ischia and
Procida, the latter of which is only
II miles from the heart of Naples.
Ischia was seizld Thursday and Pro-
dica was taken Wednesday.
A bulletin from Gen. Dwight d.
Eisenhower's headquarters in North
Africa also disclosed that a third
island, Ponza, IS miles northwest Of
Naples, had been captured Wednes-
day.
Meanwhile, the battle for the
Salerno bridgehead 20 miles south
| OF Naples has virtually ended with
the Germans retreating from the
south where the Allies knitted II
miles inland and seized the town
Of Roccadaspide.
"The British 9th Army now has
Joined the American 5th Army, and
they are virtually acting as one
army" in position for a drive on
Naples. A headquarters officer de.
clared.
Heavy Fighting Near Salerno.
There still WS heavy fighting
near Salerno, but the bridgehead
itself was rapidly expanding into
one solid front as the Germans
swung their southern flank north
ward toward Central Italy to avoid
being caught in pincers between
the 9th and 5th Armies.
The initiative was fully in Allied
hands with more reinforcements
being poured in and Allied air and
sea might was beating at the Nazis.
| The familiar pattern OF the Allied
attack was seen again as Northwest
African Air Forces started pounding
Nazi airfields south OF Rome.
For the first time Allied planes
now are operating from airfields on
the Italian mainland, it was an
nounced, an indication that ground
troops were getting elbow room In
the Salerno area. Previously the
fighters had to fly from Sicily.
Capture of Roccadaspide indicated
the Germans were abandoning their
mountain positions from which their
88-millimeter guns had pounded the
beachhead.
Fighting North Of Salerno.
The Nazis still were fighting des.
perately north of Salerno, and hold
the mountain passes leading down
into the south side of the Bay of
Naples. and their next great stand
undoubtedly will be in defense of
that bomb-wrecked seaport.
There are at least six German
divisions in the area, although those
engaged against the 5th Army un-
questionably were heavily battered.
The British force which landed
at Taranto remained comparatively
inactive, except for strengthening Of
contact with the British just north
(See ITALY, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1943-09-18
Michigan Goes Into Lead
Over Camp Grant, so
Py the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press.
ROCKFORD, ILL.,, Sept ia Ca
pacity crowd of 1000 was on hand
today as the University of Michigan
opened its football season against
Camp Grant.
Michigan led, to 0, at the end of
the first period.
First Quarter.
Michigan, scored within few
plays after receiving the kickoff,
which Elroy Rirsch took on his goal
line and carried back to midfield
on a twisting run. Plunges and
sweeps by Hirsch, Bill Daley and
Paul White carried deep into Camp
Grant territory and an oftside pen
atty put the ball on the three, from
where Rirsch rammed over tackle
for a touchdown Daley missed a
place-kick for the extra point. There
was no further scoring in the first
period.
Evening star., 1943-09-18
Victory at
Bismarck Sea

Last March 3 American air
men, not too confident. took
of from Port Moresby, New
Guinea, to meet a Jap fleet
slipping through the fog of
the Bismarck Sea from Rabaul
to Lac, now besieged by Mac
Arthur's forces. Suddenly the
fog lifted and in the two-day
running battle that followed
not a single Jap ship escaped.
Jap losses: % ships, 81 planes,
$4,000 men. American losses:
4 planes, 13 men.
The pilots OF the combat
planes have told George
Kennedy of The Star staff a
thrilling round-by-round story
of the great battle. In IL in
stallments, the first appears
tomorrow in
CIR 6unhay Star
Evening star., 1943-09-18
Soviet Armies
Push Near|yt 10
White Russia
e Capture Of Bryonsk
Gives Reds Most of
Orel Province
BY the Associated Press.

..
MOSCOW, Sept. 18.-Military
dispatches reported today that
the Red Army had reached the
gates of White Russia after
crossing the Desna River and
capturing the key central fort
ress of Bryansk.
One of Kussias most important
networks of communications, in
cluding the central stretch of the
Moscow-Kiev railroad and the
junction leading to White Russia.
was cleared by the Red Army ad-
vance.
(The German communique
broadcast by Berlin and re-
corded by the Associated Press
said strong rainfall which last
ed for days" impaired operations
in the southern sector of the
eastern front. 1t claimed that
Red Army attempts to thrust
into movements of detaching
carried out by our troops" were
repulsed in bitter struggles. In
the area west of Vyazma, the
communique said, attempts OF
Soviet forces to break through
failed and 10 Russian tanks were
disabled)
A Pravda dispatch said reoccupa-
ton of Orel Province virtually was
completed after the taking of Bry-
ansk. White Russia borders this
province on the west and includes
the important strategic centers of
Gomel, Mogilev and vitebsk and the
regional capital of Minsk.
Dnieper Defenses Strengthened.
White Russia lies about 70 miles
west Of Bryansk at the nearest point.
A part of Col. Gen. Heinz GU
derian's German I'd Tank Army was
disclosed to have been beaten in the
battle OF Bryansk in some of the
hardest fighting of the summer CAM
paign.
Pravda said the second squadron
OF this veteran armored force, now
commanded by Marshal Walter Won
Modl, had its base at Bryansk.
Battered German legions, hurled
back on every sector of the eastern
front and smarting from loss of
Bryansk, were reported piling new
defenses before their Dnieper River
bases Of Kiev and Smolensk.
The Nazi lines before the Dnieper
barrier were said to be curling UP
everywhere.
From north of Bryansk down
through the Central and Southern
Ukraine to the shores of the Sea
OF Azov and the Crimean gateway,
the Germans were in retreat, leav-
ing behind great stores of war gear
IN their desperate haste to escape
the Red Army steamrouer.
The Dnieper line was in imme-
Evening star., 1943-09-18
War Bond Sales
Nearing 4096
OF D. {. Goal
Nations Purchases
Soar Above
$9,500,000,000

District bond sales through
yesterday reached $37 400, ,O00-
which is 1877 per cent of the
Capitals $94,000,000 Third War
Loan quota-as national Back
the Attack" purchases scared
above the $500, 900, 900 mark.
Washington thus was tagging be-
hind the national effort, after seven
days of intensive effort. Treasury
Secretary Morgenthau summed UP
the task that remains, when he told
st. Louis businessmen last night
that "the last 5000 900 900 is always
the hardest"
Sales in this city through Thurs
day amounted to $33 ,so0, 900. Week
end purchases here, officials indi-
Gated. would push District totals
sharply upward.
Mr.. Morgenthau yesterday visited
every house In st. Louis residential
block credited with being first in
that city to subscribe 100 per cent.
This Is America at its best" he
told the neighborhood families.
Small Purchases Lag.
Meanwhile, John A. Reilly, chair
man Of the District War Finance
Committee, said Washington people
realize that the Salerno battle is
their battle-the entire war is their
war -. War bond workers must not
relax their efforts even for minute.
Above all, buying of bonds by small
purchasers must be intensified, since
we are still tagging in that category.
The Capitals campaign cannot be a
complete success unless individuals
subscribe 30,000,0o0 in E bonds of
our $s4, ,00o, 900 quota"
New Hampshire led all States, on
the basis Of sales reported through
Thursday, with 1000 900 of its
$50 ,000, 900 quota raised. Virginia
had subscribed 80 per cent of its
$153 ,000, 900 quota, while Maryland
reported So per cent of its $l96 ,O0O,-
600 objective secured. Montgomery
SounCy ndQ SOlQ $4Zf ,ZUU ana PrlnCe
Georges County $341, 100 worth of
securities.
Business Division Meets.
Edgar Morris, chairman of the
city's business division, reported that
his group was addressed by Chair
man Reilly at the Board of Trade
yesterday, when Mr.. Reilly urged
(See WAR BONDS. page AL
Evening star., 1943-09-18
ALLIES SEIZE ISLES FLANK|NG NAPLES PORT
Toxic Prepares
People for News
OfLoe Defeat
By the Associated Press.

oS lHe AsSociatcQ SIeSS.
NEW YORK, Sept. 18-The Toxic
radio apparently has withheld from
the Japanese people the news of the
Allied capture of Lac, the Office OF
War Information reported today,
but it recorded a broadcast which
apparently was designed to prepare
the people for the setback.
A broadcast reported by Owl
quoted a Japanese naval correspon-
dent in the South Pacific as saying
Japanese forces we're fighting night
and day to crush the enemy forces"
Enemy American and Australian
forces attack our jungle bases first
by raining bombs on us and tearing
open the thick jungle" he said.
Then, making use of at least 20
times our manpower, the enemy ap-
proaches in very systematic order"
Evening star., 1943-09-18
BY the Associated Press.


MOSCOW. Sept. 18.-The Com
munist party newspaper Pravda
commented caustically today on
American politics and preparations
for next years presidential election.
although the United States is at
war, the electoral campaign is again
starting early" it asserted. The
struggle of interests connected with
the election is already obvious in
Washington.
although America has peen fight
ing for more than 18 months, the
realization of the fact that America
must mobilize all its strength for
the struggle against the mortal
enemy has not penetrated to the
same extent among various strata
of the American people"
Pravda's review of the presidential
Evening star., 1943-09-18
Train Of Depth Bombs
Caused Airbase Blast,
Eyewitness Reports
"a Killed, ESQ Injured;
Many Escape Death
By Only 5 Minutes
By the Associated Press.


NORFOLK, Va, Sept. ia
train of "a depth charges,
touched off by fire, caused the
tremendous explosion at the
Norfolk Naval Air Station that
killed "a persons and injured $50,
an eyewitness disclosed today.
The witness, who refused to be
quoted by name, was standing 100
yards from the blast scene. He es-
capped injury by throwing himself
fiat on runway.
This informant said he saw a
train of six small trailer-type con-
veyances, hauled by truck, moving
toward hangar. His attention was
drawn to fire burning on one of the
trailers, each OF which was loaded
with four depth charges. At the
same time, he saw the truck driver
disconnect the truck from the train
and move ahead and saw a station
fire engine race up.
Saw Fireman Killed.
He had seen depth charges ex-
plooeu ny Ilre on previous Occa-
sion, the witness said, and knew an
explosion could not be prevented.
AS he hurled himself to the ground,
the depth charges went off with
mighty blast, killing the fireman and
reducing the fire truck to scrap.
The death toll would have been
much higher if the explosion had
occurred five minutes later, the wit
ness said, as long line of enlisted
men would have been passing the
spot en- route to midday mess.
A naval board of inquiry, con-
vened Immediately after the explo-
sion yesterday, said today that no
eyewitnesses had yet been inter-
viewed, but that attempts were being
made to locate them as soon as
possible
A woman empioye at the air sta
Evening star., 1943-09-18

Kremlin, but the State Department
has said that news of any such high
diplomatic changes would come from
the White House.
The brief announcement was made
(see STANDBY, Page A-2J
Evening star., 1943-09-18
Late News
Bulletin
Coast Dimout MAY End

SAN FRANCISCO R.-Par-
tial relaxation of dimout, cur
few and other restrictions on
civilians of the West Coast
appeared in prospect today
under 1t. Gen. Delos C. EN-
mons as the new commanding
general of the Western De-
fenSe Command.
Evening star., 1943-09-18

NEW YORK, Sept. 18. lP).-
Stocks: Firm, leaders continue
upturn. Bonds: Higher; rails
extend rise. Cotton: Quiet: Fluc-
tuations narrow,
Evening star., 1943-09-18
BULLETIN.

LONDON tP.-The German
news agency DNB quoted Be-
nito Mussolini as saying in a
broadcast today that he had
been arrested on the steps of
the Kings private house on
July Is, the Gay of his custer
from office.
"A man who served his King
absolutely Loyalty for more
than 20 years was forced to
enter a Red Cross car under
the pretext of wanting to res
cue him from conspiracy, and
was taken from one barracks
to another at great speed"
DNB quoted him as saying.
By the Associated Press,
LONDON, Sept. 16.-The Ber-
lin radio said today that Benito
Mussolini, whom the Germans
claim to have freed from his
Italian captors, would broadcast
tonight.
The announcement, recorded by
the Associated Press, gave no indi-
cation of where Mussolini was
scheduled to speak, saying only that
his speech would be transmitted by
the "German-Itaiian wireless"
Evening star., 1943-09-18
(Only Games.)
NATIONAL LEAGUE,

(Only Games.)
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
At Boston-First Game
Philadelphia 900 600 0OO-0 II
Boston - O01 100 OOx- 80
Observation-Disclosures and seminick;
Andrews and Mast.
At Boston-Second Game
Philadelphia 600 0
Boston ---- 900
Batteries-R Barrett and Seminiek;
G. Barrett and Mast.
At st. Louis-First Game
Chicago --- 100 600 90 -
st. Louis 900 010 0 s
Batteries-Hanysewski and McCullourh;
Lanier and W. Cooper.
At New York
Brooklyn --- POI 900
New York. 040 600
Batteries-Wyau and Owen, Fischer
and lombard.
(Only Games.)
Evening star., 1943-09-18
Major League Games
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

At Cleveland
Detroit --- 600 900 no. So
Cleveland - 001 021 00x- 4 6 0
Observation-Disclosures. Overmire and
Richards, Unser; Kennedy, HevinE and
R0sar.
At Philadelphia
Boston 100 600
Philadelphia 900 OF
Batteries-oNeill and DOYLE; Black and
Swift
At Chicago
st. Louis O1O 900
Chicago --- 101 90
Batteries-Muncrief and FerrelI: Diet
rich and fresh.
Evening star., 1943-09-18

Todoy's Home Runs
American League.
Tucker, Chicago, Sd inning.
Wakefield, Detroit, 9th inning.
National League.
Olmo, Brooklyn, Sd inning.
Evening star., 1943-09-18

(See RUSSIA, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1943-09-18

(See BLAST, Page A-3D
Evening star., 1943-09-18

(See ITALY, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1943-09-18
Markets at q Glance

(See STEUART, Page A-2J
Evening star., 1943-09-18

Weather Report

Continued cool tonight with light frost
suburban areas.
Evening star., 1943-09-18

(see WAR BONDS, Page A-21
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-03-04
THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1913.
ISEE BY The DAILTES THAT

Madam Chang Kai-Shek, speaking
in New York, urged the necessity of
forgiveness for the enemy as there
must be no bitterness in the recon-
structed world.
Petroleum industry advocated con-
struction of pipeline from the Gulf
to the Atlantic.
Mohandas X. Gandhi ended his
twenty-one day hunger strike by
drinking a glass of undiluted citrus
juice.
John L. Lewis, president United
Mine Workers, called the War Labor
Board packed court"
German and Italian consular of
ficials captured in Algiers are held
under guard at Stanton, Va.
The House Ways and Means sub
committee decided tentatively to i'm
pose on nations wage and salary earn
ers a Withholding tax Of 20 percent on
incomes after allowances of personal
deductions and credits for dependents.
Withholding would begin July 1.
During February the navy an
nounced 6 cargo ships had been sunk
along eastern seaboard, lowest for
any month since Pearl Harbor. A
total of GIG ships have been sunk
there since December 7, 1871.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-03-04
Buying Normal AS
Rationing Begins
Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
portunity to register for war ration
book two at the schools last week and
that no such books would be issued
to anyone at the rationing office until
after March l6.
"This rule must be strictly adhered
to-" Maurice Brookhart, chief clerk,
stated, "in order to allow time for our
office to complete checking the num-
Der two books already issued and to
attend to other vital matters now re-
quiring attention"
The priod March to 10 has been
designated as registration dates for
institutional users, which includes ho-
tells, restaurants, tea rooms, boarding
houses, lunch rooms, church and civic
organizations, etc. This registration
will include allotments for sugar, cof-
fee and processed foods combined.
Forms for registration are now being
mailed to those institutions which
registered for sugar and coffee.
1t was announced that all persons
whose age was given as IA years or
over when they registered for book
one in May, 1912, are now eligible to
purchase coffee. Those registered as
Is years or younger cannot purchase
coffee. No change can be made on
these books by the local board.
Beginning Monday, March 8, the
office hours of the local rationing
board will be from 9 a. m. to 8 D. M,
each day, including Saturday. This
will enable the public to call about
important matters any day of the
week but no one will be admitted
after 3 p M, Mr.. Brookhart said, as
some time of each day must be re-
served for office duties, He urged
people to use the mails rather than
make personal visits to the office,
pointing out that it not only saved
time for the office force but saved
tires and gasoline which represented
a large part of the rationing program.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-03-04
DEER PARK

Calvin Glotfety, Merchant Marine,
stationed at Brooklyn, N. Y, spent
the weekend with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Levi Glotfcty.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lambert Thrasher and
son, Gerald, Cumberland, visited with
Mrs. Cora S. Refs, recently.
Tom Smith, student of Boys No-
cational Radio school, Baltimore,
visited his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Ramsey Smith. Tom has been attend
ing the school for seven months. He
expects to enter Temple University,
Philadelphia, Pa, March 7,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison Thrasher
announce the birth of a son at Me
mortal hospital, Cumberland,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. C. Clatterbuck and
children visited the lattcr's mother,
Mrs. B. V. Rafferty,, Nikcn.
Sgt. Tedford Males, U. S. Army, is
visiting his mother, Mrs. Ida E.
Males.
Special services are being held at
the local Methodist church during
Dedication week, February % to
March 7, with Rev. Garrett Evans in
charge.
NJ. L, Groves, u. S. Army, visited
his aunt, Mrs Ramsey Smith.
Miss Jean limbaugh entertained
the All club, Saturday. The club
helped to collect books in the Victory
Drive for books.
Mrs. Eva Madigan entertained with
a birthday party in honor Of her twin
daughters, Rosa Marie and Jenny Lee
Those present were Bruce Swift, Ed
ward Sollars, Glen Solomon, Johnny
Moore, Richard Bryant, June Rhodes
Rose Alice Paugh, JoAnn Burdock
Charlotte Gibson, William Madigan
Barbara Shank Robert Maybe
Gladys Maybe Carmletia Maybe
Howard Paugh, Josephine Paugh
Mary Lee Burdock, Mary 10 Chatter.
buck, Patricia Ann Sollars, Peggy Lou
Paugh, Wilma Zimmerman, Joar
Clary, Vendetta Solomon, Peggy
Mayle, Eebecca Paueh, and Lller
Teets.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-03-04
Davis High Tops
Oakland, Fl to Is

Oakland High hoopmcn gave the
Davis High wildcats a whale of a
battle last night before losing 81
Is decision to the highly favored
West Nirginians.
Banked during the first quarter
when Davis grabbed 40 lead, Oak
land came back to tie the figures Go
at the half and was on top 12-11 at
the close of the third period A rally
by the Davis team in the last frame
decided the contest.
Each team made nine field goals,
with Davis converting three of ten
fouls to win. Rock scored goals for
Oakland, Snyder, McCabe, Kahl and
Ford, one each For Davis the scorers
were Kernel 2, Largent Z Gollsh :.
Hile 5, Komosk 2, Woyick 2.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-03-04
Driver Falls Asleep
AT Wheel; Hits Pole

James Edward Glass, of Swanton,
suffered badly lacerated face and
the loss of his front teeth Saturday
night when he fell asleep at the
wheel of his car and crashed against
telephone pole on the McMullen
highway near Cresaptown, Allegany
county.
Glass was knocked unconscious and
was in a semi-conscious condition
when admitted to Allegany hospital,
Cumberland. His condition was re-
ported as fair,
Sgt Harold Carl and Trooper A.
NJ. Spioch investigated the accident
and the former said the machine was
a wreck" as result of the crash. The
machine was 1888 model Ford
sedan.