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Evening star., 1943-02-20
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Kursk; at Bogodukhov, IS miles
northwest of kharkov, and at Graf
voron, about 20 miles north of Bogo-
dukhov. A communique said that in
yesterdays fighting in the Graivoron
area about 600 of the enemy were
killed and several more towns were
captured.
West of Rostov," a communique
stated. "our troops continued their
offensive and occupied a number Of
populated places. A unit crossed a
water barrier and after breaking
down German resistance occupied
an enemy fortified defense position
Over 200 enemy dead were left on
the battlefield
Elsewhere along the arc drawn
about the Donets Basin the Russians
said they had advanced in the
kraSnoarmelsk sector north of Sta
limo after beating off counterattacks.
Russian forces have smashed into
three more towns west of Rostov
places that had been strongly for
tilted by the Germans, the Rus
sian noon communique as recorded
by the London Soviet radio monitor
said today.
More than 200 of the enemy were
Killed in the thrust and 13 tanks and
5 armored cars were DESTROYED. the
Russians said.
In operations west of Kharkov
one Russian unit was credited with
killing off German infantry regi-
ment and destroying Is tanks. $50
trucks and l3 mobile guns, and an
other with destroying nine enemy
tanks and SO trucks.
North ofsKursk. where a loop was
being shaped about Orel, the Rus
slams said their forces continued to
advance after throwing off German
counterattacks.
One Junior sergeant, a machine
gunner, single handed killed several
dozen of the enemy in an ambush
and routed one German outfit, the
communique said.
A new German defense line in the
Kuban country of the West Cauca-
sus was battered and number Of
large towns were captured west OF
Krasnodar, the war bulletin as
serted
Evening star., 1943-02-20
Dispute With Military Heads
only Minor Nelson Says

BY the Associated Press
BALTIMORE. Feb. 20.-Donald
M. Nelson, chairman of the War
Production Board. said today he
considered differences between the
WPB and the military services only
minor"
Speaking at the Baltimore Round
Table of the National Conference
of Christians and Jews, Mr.. Nelson
pleaded for national unity and. said
that as far as he was concerned
| "rumors of riffs" over war produc-
! ton scheduling were not true.
| He said the conflict was mot a
great fight as to underlying princi-
Piles. And there won't be any great
fight while I'm on the lob.
Sometimes these things are mag.
mined : to me these differences
OF opinion are only minor, differ
ences of method. When you get
strong men you get differences of
method. Don't believe the rumors
OF rllt. On my part they are not
! true"
When I see evidences of pulling
apart, Mr.. Nelson told the confer
ence, TO me it spells potential
danger to our country and to our
lreedom we cannot exist unless
we recognize the fact that freedom
entails a responsibility to keep us
from doing anything, literally any,
thing. that pulls us apart"
! Before many months" he said.
we shall have enough production
to smother the Axis. OF that I am
sure"
Evening star., 1943-02-20
Government Refuses
Indian Leaders Plea
For Gandhii's S Release
Reiterotes Statement
He Is Responsible
For Hunger Strike
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW DELHI, Feb. 20.-In re-
ply to Indian leaders demand for
the release of Mohandas K.
Gandhi, the Viceroy's secretary
reiterated today the govern
ment's position that the respon-
sibility for his hunger strike
rested solely with Mr.. Gandhi
and the decision to end it must
rest with him.
Lord Linlithgow's secretary said
in a letter to Tejbahadur Sapru.
Moderate leader and chairman of a
conference of 200 asking by resolu-
!; ton for Mr. Gandhis immediate
and unconditional release. that the
government had clearly set forth its
position in its communique of Feb
ruary 10.
Mr.. Gandhi grew weaker in the
eleventh day of his three-week diet
of citrus juices and water, it was an
nounced
Will Appeal to Churchill.
The Indian leaders decided to
send copies of their resolution
to Prime Minister Churchill and
United States Ambassador William
Phillips.
Mr.. Sapru. chairman of the con-
ference. talked with Mr.. Phillips be-
fore the meeting opened
Industrialists, lawyers and educa-
tors were among the men who called
for Mr.. Gandhi's release on which,
their spokesman said, depended the
best hope for reconciliation be-
tween the British and Indian peo-
pies
Among the group were several
Britons, including Arthur Moore,
once editor OF the newspaper, the
Statesman, who resigned when his
sympathies with the Indian people
conf1icted with the policies of the
owners.
A government communique issued
today at Bombay said Mr.. Gandhis S
condition has changed considerably
for the worse and was regarded as
grave.
Miracle" if He Survives.
Friends read to him occasionally
although his visitors have been re-
stricted.
Friends said Mr.. Gandhi smiled
but made no comment when he was
told OF three Indians resigning from
the Vicerey's Executive Council. DR.
B. c. Roy, one of India S best known
physicians, said yesterday, "It will
be miracle if Gandhi survives the
three-week fast at his age
Chakravarthl Rajagopalachari, In
dian Nationalist Congress leader, Wis
tied Mr.. Phillips yesterday and saio
afterward that, should Mr.. Gandhi
die, the bitterness in India would
be directed against Americans as
we'll as the British.
Roosevelt Sent Telegram.
He added that Americans could
do nothing to influence the British
in India and said Phillips can do
nothing here"
Un New York, J. J. Singh,
president of the India League of
America and former member. of
the All-India Congress Commit
tee, said he had sent telegram
to President Roosevelt urging
him Ito use your great influence
with Prime Minister Churchill to
save Gandhi's life" He said he
cabled similar message to Gen.
erallissimo Chang Kai-shek)
Evening star., 1943-02-20
Business Future Bright,
Publishers Are Told

EF the Associated Press.
JACKSON, Miss. Feb 20.-A
bright future for aggressive pub
fishers despite wartime handicaps
was painted here at the opening last
night O. the Mississippi Press AS
soclations S business conference.
MANY businesses with little to sell
are using advertising to keep and
build up good will in an expected
tremendous postwar buying spree,
about so members of the group were
told in informal discussions.
Point ratloning and other regu-
latlons are being explained and
War bond sales arc being promoted
by advertisements sponsored by local
concerns, the discussions revealed
Association President George God =
win reported many national adver-
tisers are planning series of institu-
tional copy and some Federal sgen-
cles plan TO issue home-front infor-
nation in forms suitable for adver-
tslng sponsorship.
Evening star., 1943-02-20
WPB Sets $500 Limit
On Non-EssentiaI Work
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The War Production Board todav
reduced to 5000 the amount of con-
struction which can be done without
specific permission by industries
which it classed as mot essential
TO the war program, including news
papers and manufacturers of sport
ing goods. furniture and cosmetics,
The 5000 limitation on individual
construction projects applies also to
private dwellings and commercial
structures. Previously owners of in
dustrial establishments have been
permitted to carry on construction
up to $4,000 in a year.
Evening star., 1943-02-20
Victory Gardeners Allowed
Limited Use of Auto
Ey the Associated Press

ES the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Feb. 20.-Automo-
biles may be used for Victory gar
dening without violating the pleas
ure driving ban. if certain provisions
are kept in mind, Bernard Cham
berlain, OPA attorney on gas ra-
tloning, said yesterday.
The gardener is expected to use
bus or streetcar transportation
where it is available and if he is not
loaded down with tools, but, Mr..
Chamberlain said, the use of an au-
tomobile is permitted where heavy
items must be transported
ANY scheme of gardeners to get
in extra driving by planting gardens
at some distance in the country will
not be countenanced by the OPA,
he added.
No extra gas may be obtained for
Victory gardening, the OPA has
ruled. The driving will have to be
done on an "A" book gas.
Evening star., 1943-02-20
Bomber Crash Toll
Is Increased 10 80
Plant EmpIoye, Fireman
Die in Hospital
Ey 'hs Associated Press.

BY he Associated Press.
SEATTLE, Feb. 20-The total of
dead and missing in Thursdays s
crash of a four -motored bombing
plane into the Frye & Co packing
plant reached 80 today. Nick Vas
chenko, plant employe, died of burns
al hospital.
The toll may reach 81, investiga-
tors said. because another Frye en-
plove. John Huddleston, was added
to the list of missing. Two others
still were in critical condition at
hospitals.
A new fire broke out in the smol-
dering ruins of the packing house
yesterday, raising the total to %
when a fireman was asphyXiated.
The big Boeing bomber. on a test
fight. few for 20 miles with a motor
ablaZe before it crashed into the
building near its home field, where
Pilot Edmund T. Allen Boeings di-
rector Of flight and aerodynamics
was trying to bring it down.
The plane began to disintegrate
over the city, dropping parts of one
motor and a wing over a section OF
Seattle. One wing was in flames
when it crashed during the noon
hour Thursday.
The bomber's II civilian occu-
pants were killed. Seventeen pack
ing company employees were listed
as dead or missing Twenty per-
sons were injured, two critically
when the flaming bomber turned
The plant into an inferno.
Ten bodies were recovered, but
rescue squads said it might be days
! before all were found and iden-
tilted.
Firemen still we're fighting the
stubborn blaze.
Evening star., 1943-02-20
Netherlands Art Looted
BY kazis, Dutch Charge
Fy The Associated Press.


LONDON, Feb. 20.-To provide
the town Of Linz. Austria, where
Adolf Hitler went to school, with
an art collection. the Germans have
looted a number Of old masters
from the Netherlands, the Dutch
news agency Aneta said yesterday
Acting on Eitlers instructions, the
agency declared. Hans Posse, for
mer director Of the Dresden gallery
obtained some 10000 paintings. in
cluding some by German artists
Aside from one by the younger Hol-
bein, the German works are mostly
unimportant, Aneta pointed out
Also included in the group are works
by CranaCh, Van Dyck, Rubens,
Rembrandt and Vermeer.
II was reported that among the
foreign acquisitions was Rem
brandt's Titus
Evening star., 1943-02-20
American, Two Dutch Survive
After 81 Days in Lifeboot

named Van Der Slot and seaman
named Nico Hoffendam
The American was believed 10
be Basil D. Izzi of South Barre.
Mass
The amazing story of the survival
Of this trio for 81 days in an open
lifeboat SurpasSes that of two Brit
iSh seamen who we're rescued in the
Bahamas in November, 1912, after
being adrift for 10 days.
They were Wilbert Roy Widdi-
combe. "a, and Robert George Tap
scott, 49, believed to be the only
survivors of the freighter Anglo
Saxon, sunk by Nazi raider 500
miles southeast of the Azores.
They travelled approximately $500
miles ir lS-foot open boat, sub
sistine on scaweed, one flying fish
and one gar, which they ate raw.
Evening star., 1943-02-20
By the Associated Press.

BALTIMORE, Feb. 2o.-A IT.
year-old Baltimore girl was re-
ported missing today. Her mother
said the girl had received three mys-
terious telephone calls threatening
her with harm if she did not destroy
good luck chain letter"
Mrs. Martha Poe told police her
daughter. Elenora Poe. had failed
to return home from a trip to
neighborhood store at 7 pm. yes-
terday.
Elenora had received the chain
letter Thursday Mrs. Poe said and
all three of the phone calls came
yesterday. Mrs. Poe said her daugh-
Evening star., 1943-02-20
Jay Pierrepont Moffot
Leaves $3.50, 900 Estote
BY the Associated Press.

bS lit HSSOSl6tfu trESS.
NASHUA, N. H, Feb. 20.-The
estate left by Jay Pierrepont Moffat
who was Minister to Canada when
he died January "a, was estimated
at more than $250000 in the will
filed with the Hillsboro County reg
istrar OF probate. Mr. Moffat's home
was at Hancock.
Personal and real property were
left to the widow, Mrs. Lila Cabot
Grew Mofat, excepting a Polish
/ altar piece which Mr.. Mofat hac
bought IN Warsaw and bequeathec
10 his mother, Mrs. Ellen Pierrepon'
Moffat of Bernardsville, N. j.
! Mr. Moffat, son-in-law of JOSEPH
c. Grew. former Ambassador tc
/ Japan, died in Ottawa.
Evening star., 1943-02-20
Baltimore Girl Disappears
After Mysterious Threats

ter had the letter with her when she
started for the store.
The letter, bearing a Baltimore
postmark, was written with pen and
ink on plain piece of white paper,
Mrs. Poe said
Each of the three persons who
warned the girl to destroy the let
ter refused to identify himself, Mrs.
Poe said. She apparently paid little
attention to the calls, as she told
only her younger sister about them,
Mrs, Poe told police.
Elenora was employed in a ma
chine tooling shop near her home
She had never before been awav
from home overnight. Mrs. Poe said.
Evening star., 1943-02-20
First Oil Shipment
Moves East From New
Big Inch Pipeline
Davies Says Supply Route
Is Tool for Quickest
Defect Of Enemies
BY tho Associated Press.


NORRIS CITY, Ill, Feb. 20-A
train of tank cars pulled out last
night for the Atlantic Seaboard win
the first Oil brought from Texas
through Big Inch" the world S
largest oil pipeline,
Ceremonies were held TO COM
memorate the record breaking Job
of building the 24-inch, 531-mile
line in less than six months, cross
ing eight major rivers and numer-
Gus small streams
But Ralph K. Davies, deputy pc
troleum administrator for war, as
serted the line was "a tool for the
quickest possible defeat of our enc
mics rather than channel for sup
plying any but the most essential
needs of civilian consumption"
Future Still Uncertain.
The future is scarcely more cer-
tain than it was Just 200 days ago
when the first pipe was laid" he
said.
1T was apparent then that the
security of America required new
ocean of oil for defense. 1t is even
more apparent today that we need
still greater oceans of oil for the
crushing attack that can alone in
sure unconditional surrender
full and complete victory for free
dom that We have pledged to the
world. X r I'D --... .-.
Last nights shipment totaled 20
600 barrels. Within a few days it
will be doubled.
Oil is flowing through the line at
the rate of $4,000 barrels daily and
is expected to reach daily maxi
mum of 100000 barrels within six to
eight weeks, In the line at all times
will be 1926 900 barrels of oil.
Extension Under Construction.
An 857-mile extension to the East
Coast now is under construction
with completion scheduled for
June !.
In addition to tank car shipments
from this temporary terminus, some
OF! will flow through a new 14-inch
line from Norris City to Enfeld-f1ve
miles aWay-to connect with the
Ohio Oil Co.'S pipe line system to
Pennsylvania,
The first train shipment was con-
signed to the Gulf Oil Co. at Phila-
delphia.
Evening star., 1943-02-20
Union to Buy Fortress
To Be Named KeIIy-Levin

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 20.-A Flying
Fortress to be named the Kelly
Levin in honor of two men who lost
their lives fighting the Japs will be
purchased by members of the Anal
gamated Clothing Workers Union,
Brooklyn Borough President John
Cashmere announced last night.
Sergt, Meyer Levin, whose death
was announced several days ago,
vas bombardier for Capt. Colin Kelly
In the successful attack on the Jap
oattleship Haruna early in the war.
Evening star., 1943-02-20
Horseback Riding Has
Become More Expensive
BY the Associated Press.

BY Inc ASsoclated FreSS.
CHICAGO-Horseback riding. be-
coming more popular since gas "a
tioning. also is becoming more ex-
penslye. 1t was indicated at a horse
sale at the stockyards.
Prices for IS horses. mostly saddle
animals, averaged between Is and
20 per cent above previous highs this
year, said Irwin F Dyger5, who con-
Quoted the sale Bidding was lively
by the $500 prospective purchasers,
he said. Top price was 1870 for a
Palomino saddle mare
Evening star., 1943-02-20
Man Offers to Tell
FOR SIS, ,000-How
To Pay Cost of War
2, tie Associated Press.

p TIE Associated Press.
For $4,000, Philadelphia
man has offered to tell the
Senate Finance Committee how
to pay the war bills.
My plan is better than the
Ruml plan, will reduce corpora
ton and individual income taxes
by one-half and will meet the
approval Of the people" he
wrote.
Chairman George said it sure
would be worth $4,000 if it
worked. The mans name was
not made public.
Evening star., 1943-02-20
b The Associated Press

BY INC ASSoclaben Press.
RECIFE. Brazil, Feb. 20.-One
American and two Dutch survivors
Of an Allied ship have reached here.
weak and thin. after 81 days in q
lifeboat from which two of their
Shipmates were washed to their
deaths by waves.
The boat contained few ruSted
flshhooks they had used with strips
OF their clothing as lines to catch
enough fish to prevent starvation.
Also, the survivors said, few flying
fish jumped into the boat
When rescued by a warship they
had gone five days without water
One of the Dutchmen had lost 70
pounds.
The Americans name was given
only as "Beezy Izzi" His com
panions were a Dutch engineer
Evening star., 1943-02-20
Delivery by Carrier

The production of news
print has been reduced by
10 per cent and all news
papers have been rationed.
Delivery by carrier will
insure receiving your Star
every evening and Sunday
morning. Telephone Ma
tional 5000.
Evening star., 1943-02-20
Priest Shot by Nozis

LONDON, Feb. 20 (P,.-Belrian
circles here reported today that Fa-
ther Emmanuel de Neckere. A. a
Belgian priest. had been shot by
German forces of occupation on a
charge of spying and helping the
Allies"
Evening star., 1943-02-20
GIycerine DwindIine;
u. S. Needs More Fats
Rvthe Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
The Nations stock pile of glyce-
rine still is dwindling. Chairman
Donald M Nelson of the War Pro-
duction Board reported today. and
the shortage necessitates an intensi-
| hcation of the campaign for waste
| kitchen fats in l943.
Glycerine is essential to the man.
ufacture of smokeless powder nitro
glycerine and dynamite.
Evening star., 1943-02-20
Boys Are Draft Proof

SALT LAKE CITY -lEl.-The Salt
Lake City Western Union Office is
developing draftproof messenger
service. Ages of three messenger
boys" are 70, 73 and rs. The Twin
Falls, Idaho, Office hired a great
grandfather-but he's only Ct
Evening star., 1943-02-20
Hoover
Continued From First Page

= OaAt L A. HN oeN-'
racies is to be saved it must be saved
now
Hoover said it was "a hollow prom
Use that these people will receive
food after the war is over. >. 1t
means little to mother who sets
her table only to watch her children
wilt
IF we want the foundation of free
men to survive in Europe" he de
clared, 1T must survive in these
democracies. And it will not sur
vlve in bitter, frustrated. physically
distorted or dead children"
Evening star., 1943-02-20
Report

Weathe Bureau
Coumba-Warmer
tonight. - ~ ~ "N'
Observation-Disclosures with
Vlrginla-Scattered showers and tonight
r st Hou.
Evening star., 1943-02-20
River Report.

HIVer Kcnort.
Potomac and Shenandoah clear at Hsr-
'ers Ferry. Potomac clear at Great Falls
preeinitatior
Evening star., 1943-02-20

Record for Last % Hours
fFtom noon Yesterday to noon todayD
HsheSt "a. $40 p m Year aao 80.
Lowest, q, am, Year sso, Is
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, a, on January l.,
Lowest, q, on February Is,
Humidity for Last - Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon today)
HisheSt - per cent, at $50 Am.
Lowest. 3h per cent, at $50 pm
Tide Tables
Evening star., 1943-02-20

Report for Last - Hours.
Evening star., 1943-02-20

FURNISHED hr United States Coast and
Qendetfr Sufveyl
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-28
Cheplein's Kits

Besides recruiting classes for
nurses aide and home nursing
groups. council members are
boosting chaplains aid by sup
plying chaplainS with kits
needed for conducting services
~ army camps In addition they
provide rosaries and prayer
books.
Through the auspices Of the
Detroit Council 1900 10 1000
hostesSes have been recruited
from parishes throughout the
archdiocese for participation IN
USO programs. Saturday nights
AT the dow Town USO have
been set aside for council mem
hers who furnish approximately
1000 sandwiches each week.
Al the USO center is the Ma.
rionsl Catholic Community Serv-
ICE office through which all
activities OF the council arc
channeled. There the homes Of
he 1000 members are registered
under the home hospitality
project which means that these
homes are open 10 Servicemen Al
any time for the afternoon or
FOR dinner and the evening
Through the housing and re-
ceptlon committee The AID Of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-28
Painters Club
To Fl ar Culver

MEMBERS OF the Palette
and Brush Club viii hold
luncheon and business meeting
at p. m. TUESDAY ~ the
Strathmoor NJ. F. Church.
Speaker will be Charles Cul.
yer. who will show some of his
own works and will criticize pic
lures done by members OF the
club William F. Daley Of The
Detroit chapter Of the Amerl-
can Red Cross will discuss
briefly the work Of that organl-
cation.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-28
IA Members Enrolled !.
=AtMdrysroVe College

quiring = permit and regular
inspection OF all foster day care
homes.
Aid Blood Bank
THE detrimental effects men
tally and physically Ia child
who Il shifted from one home 10
another can be remedied by en-
rOIlment In a neighborhoOd
nursery. We hope 20 establish
these places where they are
needed and 30 meet n situation
which should be Of great con
Germ 10 us--nAmely, the care
Of child when the mother must
work"
But all is not quiet on otner
fronts in the war effort Is Ia"
as the council is concerned. In
fact. il has won quite a name
for itself through its contribu-
ton 10 the blood bank.
During the last year council
members were responsible for
bringing in some $500 blood
donors. Each Tuesday is set
aside ~ the bank for them and
their friends and acquaintance
that come in 10 donate a pint Of
blood.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-28

the members who have available
rooms has been enlisted 10 help
alleviate the critical housing
problem. A list Of the registered
rooms is always available 10 the
Detroit Housing Committee.
And In addition 10 all that, the
council through its library and
literature committee, assisted
with the Victory Book Drive as
well as providing bases and
camps tn subscriptions 10
magazines and newspapers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-28
Beta Sigma Phis
To Hear DR.. Miller

BETA SIGMA PHI FELLOW
SHIP Of Wayne University will
meet Thursday at the Central
YWCA.
After the dinner AZ SIS p. NJ
Dr. Raymond Miller Of the uni.
vcrSity will speak on Postwar
Problems "
Miss Alice Davis is in charge
NJ reservations.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-28
All Sorts OF Toys

EaSelS paints and brushes,
pounds Of soft clay for modelling
miniature cupboarcS and cooking
utensils l0-csr trains sutomo-
biles and blocks are all there for
the use n the children who
never seem 20 suffer from lack
Of anything 10 DO
Between Marygroye nursery
school students and me council :
traineeS Tho children always
have plenty Of opportunity 70
hear stories from books and
from experiences Of the story
tellers
In The hsll outside The nlrScr,
are little opor-iscec clothes
closets where 're children earn
10 hang their coats when they
come in mornings fcroSs rhs
hall is large bathroom WITH
accessories done on r CnId-slzed
scale. Painted wo0+er steps lead
up 70 The wash bowls and each
child has his oWr toWeI and wash
cloth or the clothes raCk
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-28

DETROIT HOMEMAkERS,
CLuRt viii meet for luncheon a.
y SO p. m Friday Al me Fed
Grafton Club House IIOSteSScS
for The meeting Will he Mrs
Jesse Anderson. Mrs. Louis n.
Holland. Mrs Orr1e G Lake and
Mrs. Charles 4 BradN
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-28
Homemokers Club EIeonOre Dragon
To Meet on Friday Engaged TO Codet
MS &c ORA

ME-. AND MIS- ORA
GNN n SYRACUSE announce the
engagement 81 thor daughter.
Elesnore. 70 Aviation Cadet
Ralph Schultz. USNR. son Of
Mr. and Mrs r r. Schultz 81
ThrcC-N}Io drive