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Evening star., 1943-07-24
Child, 5, and Two Men
Bitten by Rabid Doq

The Health Department this aft
ernoon announced that a 5-year-old
girl and two men yesterday were
bitten by dog which, tests showed,
was infested with rabies. The dog
was shot by policeman.
The three victims were notified to
take Pasteur treatment. The girl
was attacked by the dog, in the 100
block of G street, one man in the
200 block of H street and the other
in the 200 block of K street, al;
southwest.
This was the twenty second rabid
dog Of the year, according to the
Health Department. Other persons
who may have been bitten by the
animal, stray, brown mixed po-
lice dog. we're warned to report to
the Health Department at once
Records show that rs persons have
been bitten by the % rabid dogs.
Evening star., 1943-07-24
Catholic Review Holds
Musso|ini 10 Blame
For Bombing Of Rome
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, July 24.-The Cath
olic Review, official organ of the
archdioceses of Baltimore and WASH
ington, in an editorial yesterday
placed on Mussolini entire RESPONSE
bility for the bombing of Rome.
"Mussolini did contrive cunningly
to place arsenals of destruction near
the churches that we love, in the
city which Is home to all of us as
Catholics the editorial stated, con-
tinuing:
1--WE believe that the bombing of
Rome was determined on in agony
of spirit-not through the wish to
bomb it but through the conviction
1t had to be done-done, with every
effort to spare the sacred places.
There has been some hypocrisy
in some circles in the protests
against the bombing of Rome, Just
as there have been protests from
some hypocrites concerning the
bombing of other cities and the de-
struction of churches in other lands
Hitler, who has tried to drive Christ
from Germany and other lands, has
raised a cry of protest against
churches destroyed in Germany,
though his men wrecked churches
in England, in Poland, in Holland,
in other invaded countries. He is
the same Hitler who, with his athe-
istic codestructionists, has lamented
the crumbling of churches. -
"As for Mussolini his protests are
as sounding brass, his tears croco-
dilean. -"
And who above all other men has
been more responsible for the bomb
ing of Rome than Mussolini him.
self who schemingly and provoca-
lively built his arsenals near the
very heart of Christendom? He is
more to blame than any one else. .'*
I'VE Catholics are in agony of
spirit. We want victory that we may
have peace. America is dear to us
and America must win.
And yet "'' every one of us - =
wish that things might have been
otherwise. that we could have acted
otherwise. Our President and the
men who manned the ships on Mon
day feel as Catholics the world over
feel, wish that things could have
been otherwise"
Evening star., 1943-07-24
Details of u. S. Flyers Sinking
Of 3 Jap Warships Given

hole in one wing. But he swung back
on the trail to cover the oncoming
bombers.
Guided by 1t. Johnson, the first
flight of Avengers hit the enemy at
about 2:30 am. 1t. Miller laid a
heavy bomb right in the middle of
destroyer from mast head level. A
tremendous explosion shattered the
ship and it sank in three minutes.
Two other flashing bomb hits were
observed but the pilots were uncer-
tain who was responsible. One de-
stroyer stopped dead in the water.
The light cruiser limped on att 10
knots with oil slick cleaning in the
moonlight in the vessels wake.
Destroyer Surprised.
1t. Miller said he apparently
caught the destroyer by surprise be-
cause he didn't note any ack ack.
The other ships opened up with a
curtain of fire on the other Avengers
and two planes failed to return from
this strike
1t. Comdr William (Pop) Keigh-
ley of Huntington Park, Calf, made
straflng runs on the destroyer dead
in the water. 1T was a strange
thing, but that ship didn't fire a
shot at me-" Comdr. Keighley said.
1t William RoWbotham of Long
Beach, Calf, who observed three
hits, said the resulting fires were big
but didn't last very long. Comdr
Keighley flew in the second Avenger
strike, hitting about am. with
more results observed
A fight of Mitchell bombers went
after the enemy's warships next,
working over the targets until 4:30
am. The ships now were scattered
and were ziz-zagging at high speed
outside Vella Gulf. This flight did
not claim any hits.
Guided by 1t. Comdr. Carl Scho-
enweiss of Poughkeepsie, N. Y,
Catalina Squadron commander,
Capt. Brown located the light
cruiser previously hit by 1t. Miller's
Navy Avenger making only 2 knots
off Choiseul Island after 7 am.
Cruiser Settles by Bow.
II got a near miss off the stern
on the first rum Capt. Brown said,
and on the next 1 got a hit amid
ship. There was terrific eXplo-
sion and water and debris flew 200
feet up. The ack ack was pretty
hot
Capt. Brown made his run at
masthead height. Flying back and
forth, he saw the cruiser settle by
the bow with the stern rising high
out of the water. Capt. Brown said
the Japanese still manned the ack-
ack guns when the stern was almost
vertical. He went in, and strafed
the ship four times.
One bomber failed to return from
each B-25 flight.
Meanwhile, a medium force of
Liberator heavy bombers unloaded
IS tons of explosives on Kahili. The
crews observed one large explosion
and three fires burned for two hours.
This harassing raid was spread
over period of not quite three
hours. One Liberator failed to re-
turn. In exchange, the bombers
shot down two-engined enemy
night fighter.
Evening star., 1943-07-24
BY the Associated Press,

os tllC <AooOEldtCO FIeSS.
PALERMO, July % Delayed).-
Historic Palermo, capital and largest
city in Sicily, fell today without fir
ing shot in its own defense to
American infantry and armored
columns converging from three di-
rections.
American troops received hearty
welcome. The populace cheered,
threw gifts of flowers and fruit and
poured free wine in the greatest
demonstration most of them had
ever seen. Italian soldiers still in
uniform lined the streets by the
hundreds and joined in the cheers
Some of them were so glad to be
out of the war they even ran out and
kissed the hands of the American
soldiers rolling past in half-tracks.
| Doughboys-walking soldiers-won
the race tramping to the outskirts
of the city about noon from the
southwest after a 60-mile advance
from Castelvetrano during which
Evening star., 1943-07-24
Italian Troops Join in Cheers
AS Americans Occupy PuIermo'

they had to halt three times to,
knock out harassing artillery pieces.
Happy that his forces avoided
shelling into submission this city
known throughout the world for its
ancient churches, temples and mon
uments which make it a living tomb
of Phoenician, Greek, Byzantine,
Saracen, Norman, Spanish and early,
French civilizations, the American
deputy commander under 1t. Gen.
George S. Patton, jr, accepted the
surrender.
Italian officers, bags packed, had
been waiting all day to hand over
the city. The Germans left last
night.
The harbor area has been heavily
damaged by the Allied bombings.
The city itself bore the scars Of
bombs, but the damage is not as
extensive as that visited on a num-
Der of other Sicilian towns.
Evening star., 1943-07-24
Note From -Four Sailors
On Raft Found in Juq

| BY the Associated Press.
CRISFIELD. Md, July 24-Capt.
Willie B. Middleton, Smiths Island
crabber, yesterday reported finding
in Chesapeake Bay early this month
glass jug containing a piece of
paper marked March 6, 1912, coast
of North Africa, four sailors on a
raft
Capt. Middleton said the jug also
contained an ace of diamonds play
ing card, and the paper was heavily
stained by salt water
The only other notation on the
paper, he added, were the following
names and addresses:
Sam S. Wooten, cox, A. G. c.,
U. S. NJ. Fifty-second and First ave-
nues, South Brooklyn, N. Y. (From
State OhioD
George F. Bosse, 81 Woodstock
road, Rochester, N. Y.
Lee A. Wheaton, 521 West Third
street, Washington, N. C.
"Toney Turner, gunner, New
York"
Evening star., 1943-07-24
Fishermen End Strike
Over 0PA Ceiling Prices
BY the Associated Press.

Tic ASSOCldIeu eTeSSs
STONINGTON, Conn, July "a
Southern New England fishermen
prepared to put to sea today after a
weeks inactivity in protest OF
wholesale fish ceiling prices set by
the Office of Price Administration
While the OPA has made no revi-
sion of the price schedules objected
to by the fishermen, Capt. John
Smith, president of the Fishermen s
Association, said he believed "the
only way we can hope to obtain re-
lief is to follow the War Labor
Boards suggestion to get on with our
work and await a review of the
price ceilings"
Capt. Smith returned from a
meeting of New Bedford fishermen
last night and said he expected 80
Connecticut boats, idle since last
Monday, would be returning to the
fishing grounds today.
Evening star., 1943-07-24
Sicily
Continued From First Page

tire 5th Italian Division sur
rendered at Palermo)
1t was disclosed that Admiral
Priato Leonard, former naval COM
mandant at Augusta, now is en- route
to England as a prisoner of war.
Reports reaching Allied head
quarters yesterday indicated Allied
forces in Central Sicily, protected
from the west by an American
armored drive into Palermo on the
islands north coast, were on the
move northeast of Emma
From that position they could
bear directly on the western flank
of the Axis army now blocking the
British drive up the east coast at
Catania, either pressing the Nazis
within range of the big guns of the
Allied fleet off the east coast or
plunging to Messina and cutting off
the only escape route remaining
open.
1t. Gen. George S. Patton S
American forces were left free to
thrust eastward yesterday by the
fall of Palermo, a drive that may
have trapped western Axis forces
estimated at $4,000 men.
Planes and Tanks Play Role.
On the west coast Trapani-an
Italian naval base-remained to be
overrun by the swiftly striking
American column, but Allied head
quarters apparently considered this
a mopping up and consolidating
action.
GA German radio commentator,
acknowledging in a Berlin broad
cast that Palermo had fallen, said
also that Axis forces had been
withdrawn from Marsala and
Trapani.
! .CReuters quoted a Stockholm
| dispatch as saying Axis forces had
begun evacuating Sicily The re-
port, not confirmed by Allied
sources was based on a dispatch
to the Svenska Dagbladet from
Bern, SwitzerlandD
In splitting the AXIS forces and
topping Palermo, the Americans
applied their modern tank and plane
tactics. One column stormed into
the Sicilian capital from the south
west, another from the south and
southeast, and a third cut north
ward to trap enemy forces with
drawing toward the east.
Catania Fiercely Defended.
Meanwhile, German forces defend
ing Catania and the northeastern
tip we're thrusting savagely at Gen
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery 9th
Army. The bitter battle which has
ragged at Catania's southern environs
for eight days, has reduced the
northward drive of the British vet
erens to a yard-by-yard PROCESS.
The Canadians, advancing east
ward of the American 7th Army
were reported swinging rapidly
around the German west flank a,
Catania.
Paul Kern Lee, Associated Press
correspondent, reported the Ger
mans are strongly dug in around
Catania. He said their force there
is estimated at more than three
divisions, including the tough Her
mann Goering armored division, re-
inforced by long-range coastal guns
and large field pieces.
The Germans are especially vel
entrenched about mile and quar-
ter north of the Simeto River or
the Catania Plain south of the city
with defenses stretching back to 8
depth of several miles and with
thinner but fairly strong defenses
facing northwest and west, he said
Evening star., 1943-07-24
Italian Peace Riots
Reported; Rebellion
Sweeps Balkans
By the Associated Press.

&AoSoSANN~N
Cries for peace" were reported
yelling up in half dozen great
Italian cities last night, and re-
bellion spread through the
Balkans in swift consequence of
the American capture of Palermo
and the effective subjugation of
four-ffths of all Sicily.
Allied censors in North Africa
passed Madrid dispatches saying
Italians demonstrated for peace III
the streets of Rome, Milan, Venice,
Turin, Florence and Trieste after
the capture of Sicily's capital had
opened an invasion path across the
Tyrrhenian Sea straight to Rome.
The reports. coming from capi-
tai friendly to the Axis, seemed well
grounded. A wave of strikes and
sabotage was reported sweeping
Italy. Mussolini fired his transport
minister.
The spread of rebellion in the
Balkans and an upsurge of fighting
against the predominantly italian
1Ol StS was Sll1 OIllSlCo III
both Madrid and Berlin. The Ger
mans sugared the news by saying
they killed 10000 guerrillas in Yugo-
slavia. Ankara reported growing
unrest in Greece.
Italians reaching Rome from Sicily
are spreading gloomy stories about
the unequal struggle of that ter
rible war, dispatches to the Madrid
press from Rome reported today
All press dispatches from Italy
emphasized the overwhelming su-
periority of Allied forces and left
no doubt that Allied bombers are
heavily attacking all evacuation
points from Sicily.
Istanbul dispatches said Balkan
unrest appeared to be increasing
steadily and it was learned the Ger
mans are taking over complete
command of all Greek ports and the
Corinth Canal region.
From Rumania, Marshal Ion An
Evening star., 1943-07-24
Crete
Continued From First Page.)

NSoilt1lQCu FL Olll T II OO IdSC.J
the north central section of Italy
causing casualties and damage.
The broadcast of the war bulletin
recorded by the Associated Press
also said Allied bombers raided the
city of Salerno, southeast of Naples
and the island of Ventotene, of
Naples, this morning
This Allied air activity, the an
nouncement said, followed intense
raids against the Calabrian-S -Siciliar
coasts.
The communique also said that
increased pressure of enemy ar
mored formations obliged Axis forces
to reconstitute their line and evac-
uate the city of Palermo"
Axis Reinforcements Blasted.
Allied headquarters in North AT.
RIGA reported that Allied torpedo
planes attacking enemy vessels at.
tempting to rush supplies and rein.
forcements to Sicily sank a mer.
chant vessel and severely damaged
WV oeliSAo anu lC4G dll f1hlS OySl
in flames. Ten barges we're sunk of
the north coast.
Fighter planes continued theil
sweeps and patrols following en-.
gagements by night fighters which
shot down three enemy planes.
Allied medium bombers which re-
sumed attacks on the italian main.
land yesterday struck at Aquino ane
Crotone, and heavy bombers raidec
Leverano. Bomb bursts were re
ported to have been scored on the
target areas and a number of plane.
were destroyed on the ground.
Twelve of an enemy formation
which attempted to intercept the
heavy bombers were shot down, the
war bulletin said
Communications at Salerno ane
the airfleld at Priticala were raidec
by Allied bombers Thursday night.
Four Allied planes we're lost in al
the operations.
Evening star., 1943-07-24
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Evening star., 1943-07-24
Peace Moves Are Reported
By Itoiy, Hungary, Rumonio

NEW YORK, July "a lP,.-A Brit
ish broadcast, quoting the Swedish
newspaper Nya Dagligt Allehanda
said last night that Italy Hungary
and Rumania recently asked the
Vatican to mediate for a separate
peace but the Vatican refused to
negotiate
The broadcast, recorded by CHS,
said this report has not yet been
confirmed in London
The newspaper said the peace
feelers were made by Count Galeazzo
Cianc. Italian Ambassador to the
Holy See; Nicolas Kallay, Hungarian
Prime Minister, who visited the Vat
lean in April, and Mihail Antonescu,
Rumanian Foreign Minister, who
was in Rome recently.
Evening star., 1943-07-24
Spanish Catholic Magazine
Uroes Rome as Open Cjty

MADRID, July "a (P).-The maga-
zine Ecclesia, official organ of Accion
Catolica, largest Catholic organiza-
ton in Spain, has suggested that
Rome be declared an open city.
Rome should not be defended nor
should it be attacked" the publica-
ton said yesterday in an article
commenting on the recent American
raid on military targets there.
1T should not give cause for war,
nor should it be victim of war be-
cause it does not belong to the
litigants.
Rome belongs to the world, the
world of attackers, defenders and
neutrals.
Let the enemies be still. Let the
world stand erect and let Rome
remain safe"
Evening star., 1943-07-24
By LEFT ERICKSON.

Associated Press War Correspondent
GUADALCANAL, July 20 de-
layed. One Japanese light cruiser
and two destroyers were sunk and
third destroyer hit and probably
sent to the bottom of the sea today
in a six-hour teamwork assault by
Navy and Army bombers on an
enemy task force which presumably
was trying to deliver major troop
reinforcements to the Villa garrison
on Kolombangara Island.
The night battle of planes versus
warships lasted from 1890 m. until
dawn and ranged from inside Vella
Gulf northWard to the coast of
Choiseul Island. The scene was ap-
proximately $50 miles northwest of
Guadalcanal.
Our bomber flight lost two Navy
Avenger torpedo planes and two
Army Mitchell BIS medium bomb
ers in four separate strikes at the
task force. Besides sinking three
ships and possibly another, the air.
craft scored damaging hits on two
more destroyers and fairly large
troop transport and a possible hit
on another.
The dramatic and destructive
night bombing assault before dawn
today started with the discovery that
the task force was bearing south
from Bougainville Strait. The alarm
was given by Navy Catalina patrol
bomber piloted by 1t. Harold john
son, 26, of Hayward, Calf.
Destroyer Hit Amidships.
1t q. g. Malcolm Miller of Mum
Gle, Ind, an Avenger pilot from Pur-
dues campus. hit one destroyer
amidships. The magazine blew up,
and the enemy warship sank within
three minutes
The confirmed credit for sinking
the light cruiser goes to the crew
of 18th Air Force Mitchell bomber
piloted by Capt Charles Brown of
Waldo, Ark who used to play Sec
ond base for Shreveport in the
Texas League and Jersey City in
the International.
After sighting the task force of II
ships. 1t. johnson tracked the en-
emy southwark for hours. He had
Immediately reported his discovery,
and bomber striking forces were
being organized.
Off the north coast of Kolom-
bangara the task force divided. Two,
possibly three, transports headed
into the gulf, three cruisers and
four destroyers patrolled to the north
and east of Kolombangara as a COW
ering force for the transports, which
apparently were on their way to the
south coast of the island. The ell
emy's stronghold at Villa is on the
southeastern coast across Kula Gulf
from besieged Munda Point, on New
Georgia Island.
Il thought the transports were
going into Vella Gulf alone" Pilot
johnson said, in telling of his ex-
perience. Il figured they were carry
ing reinforcement troops and I
thought they would be cold turkey
to bomb. What I didn't know, be-
cause one can't see too clearly from
a plane at night, was that destroyers
were escorting the transports.
I'VE went into a bombing run,
dropping bombs at fairly low alti-
tude. Boy, the ack ack that hit us
was terrific. They gave us every
thing they had. I'll never go after
cold turkey out here again. Next
time I'll know better"
Bombardier Hugh Cooper, %, of
Bishop, Calf, released the bombs,
however, and one hit a transport
superstructure about midship. The
crew couldn't observe closely the
results of the other bombs, but II
was believed the second transport
was hit on the stern.
1t. Johnson's plane had q huge