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Evening star., 1943-07-10
This Changing World

The invasion force will be pro-
tected by an ample air umbrella.
Axis airfields In Sicily alfeady
have been greatly damaged. But
there is a strong possibility that
the Nazis may have concentrated
a large air force In Italy itself
and might offer strong opposi-
ton to our air armada.
The entire question largely de-
pends, of course, on the impor-
tance attributed to Sicily by the
Nazi high command. 1t is a
matter Of whether the Nazis in
tend merely to hold out as best
they can with their available
forces in Sicily, deal us as much
damage as possible and then give
up, or whether they will concen-
trate large air formations to en-
gage our bombers while their
ground forces are resisting.
The answer will come shortly.
The battle for Sicily is regarded
as important because 1t will give
us yardstick by which we can
measure the actual air strength
of the Nazis.
1t will be the pattern Of our
future operations against the
European fortress itself. For this
reason it Is believed that the op-
position encountered in that area
will be sitter than the resistance
of the Axis forces in Tunisia.
There is no concern whatever
about the activities of the Italian
Navy. Some weeks ago it was re-
ported as having left its base at
Taranto either to seek another
shelter or to engage the Allied
fleet, which certainly will play an
important role in the invasion.
The theory that it will endeav-
or to enter the Adriatic and
take shelter in the bases of Pola,
Fiume, Venice and Bari is be-
lieved to be more accurate.
Italian and Nazi submarines
unquestionably will participate
in the defense of Sicily, but the
danger of submarine attacks is
considered far less serious than
the danger of Nazi aviation,
which is believed to be kept in
readiness to interfere, regardless
of sacrifice, with the Allied
landings.
The next few days will tell the
whole story Of the battle in the
Mediterranean. We may have to
suffer some heavy losses, but
there is complete confidence in
American and British military
quarters that the operations will
be successful and that, before
the end of this month, the
American and British flags will
fly over all Sicily.
Evening star., 1943-07-10

CONCERTS.
Soldiers Home Military Band,
bandstand $50 o'clock tonight
Victory musicale, Washington
| Chapel, 8 O'Clock tonight.
DANCES.
United Nations Victory Girls,
National Press Club. 9 O'Clock to-
night. Men and women in service
invited.
Roof garden dance. Jewish Com
munity Center, 9 o'clock tonight.
ENTERTAINMENT.
Variety show, Sylvan Theater,
$50 o'clock tonight.
HIKES.
National Capital Parks bird walk
along tow path of Chesapeake IL
Ohio Canal meet at stop 33 on
Cabin John car line, 7:30 am. to-
morrow.
Potomac Youth Hostel bicycle
trip to Jackson Lake tVao. meet
at Lincoln Memorial, 9 am. to-
morrow
Wanderbirds' Hiking Club. College
Park to Greenbelt Md, meet at
Fourteenth and G streets NV, 9
am. tomorrow to take Mount
Rainier streetcar.
Capital Hiking Club, through
Cabin John area, meet at end of
Cabin John car line, $50 am. to-
morrow
LECTURE.
Behind the Fighting Fronts Of
Washington-186l- by Stanley
w. Mcclure of National Capital
Parks, Rock Creek Park adjacent
to Sixteenth street and Colorado
avenue NV, $50 o'clock tonight,
Color film depicting life in Equa-
dor will be shown.
RECREATION.
Walsh Club of War Workers, S
pm. to midnight tonight. Dance,
8 o'clock tonight.
FOR MEN IN THE SERVICE.
Stage Door Canteen, Belasco
Theater. tonight: Pete Macias,
Derna DePamphilis and Colorado
Cowboys.
Tickets to shows and sports
events, The Hut E street at
Pennsylvania avenue NV, IL am.
to $50 o'clock tonight.
Pepsi-Cola Center for Service
men, $50 am. today to 1890 am.
tomorrow. First three floors open
to ServiceWomen.
Masonic Service Center, pm, to
II o'clock tonight. Dance, 8 o'clock
tonight.
Officers' Club of the United Ma
tions, Burlington Hotel, 10 am. to
1890 o'clock tonight.
Officers Service Club, Mayflower
Hotel, 9 o'clock tonight
Enlisted Personnel.
Games, hostesses, grand drawing
for free phone call home, USO Club,
Eighth street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. N. w.. all day.
Swimming, dancing, hostesses,
Jewish Community Center CUSO),
o'clock tonight.
Supper, swimming, dancing,
hostesses, YMCA (USO), o'clock
tonight.
"Dancing, NCCs Uso), 1914 N
street NV, 6 o'clock tonight.
Dinner dancing, Covenant First
Presbyterian Church Fellowship
House. $50 o'clock tonight
Evening star., 1943-07-10
Baltimore Plans Survey Of
New $4,000, 900 Bridge
Ry the Associated Press

Py the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, July 10.-The Bal
timore Association of Commerce has
been asked by Mayor Theodore r.
McKeldin to make a study of and
report on the proposed bridge to
span the Baltimore Harbor.
The study will be made with par
ticular regard to the effect of the
bridge on port business and opera
tion of the municipal airport. The
Baltimore Federation of Labor also
has been invited to participate in
the survey.
The proposed bridge would span
the Patapsco River between Canton
and Fairfield, and would be part
OF the Maryland link of a proposed
North-South national highway. The
highway, planned by Washington
bureaus for several years, would
extend from New England to Flor
ida.
The Maryland link would cost
approximately $4,000 900.
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unpleasant surprises. The
strengthening now has been
completed and the entire Allied
force, covered by powerful UNI
brella of planes, is said to be
ready for its first important
battle since the conquest OF
Tunisia.
According to the best available
information, the Nazis now have
in Sicily about two and one-half
divisions, including the Hermann
Goering tank division, and the
Italians, who have shifted troops
around in the last few weeks,
are believed to have between four
Ind five divisions there.
If the Forthcoming battle were
on land the outcome would be
cinch. In all our encounters with
the Axis, our forces have proved
themselves superior.
But an amphibious operation
is a much more delicate matter.
The Allied high command has
no doubt that once the enemy
is engaged we will attain our
objective, which is the conquest
of the strongest of the Mediter-
ranean fortresses.
But the question of how long
the operation will take and what
losses it will involve looms large.
Not that our commanders are
softhearted about eventual losses.
They realize that no battle can
be won without sacrifices. But
the major question is whether or
not the resistance of the enemy
will be such as TO impair our
future operations this year.
1t is impossible for any one
to guess what resistance we shall
encounter. The Allied Air Force
has done a thorough softening
job, apparently more thorough
than has been indicated even in
the Official communicates.
Evening star., 1943-07-10
Shorthonded Garage
Now Short of Tools

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. - Shorthanded
like many garage owners, Ray H
Floyd put to work two men who
applied for jobs and furnished them
with tools.
The minute he left his new en-
ployes, he told police later, they
packed a $3.50 power drill, SIS
paint gun, $75 sanding machine
a S35 bolt cutter and 5000 worth OF
small tools into a car and vanished
ujt n IL
Evening star., 1943-07-10

claimed forced Mr.. Harrison, a rail-
road employe, to miss time from
work, was suffered when he stepped
on the edge of a ramp, fraction
of an inch above floor level, it was
related.
The Court OF Appeals opinion,
written by Justice Henry w. Edger-
ton said that mo sign or other
warning called attention to the ramp
or its edge" The opinion held the
District Court jury which rendered
the verdict was justified in finding
the ramp here involved was not
rea SoDably safe"
Evening star., 1943-07-10
Nine Pools 10 Conduct
Swimming Courses

Swimming classes are being spon-
sored for young people and adults
in nine pools this summer, under
joint sponsorship of the Welfare and
Recreational Association. the Dis
trict Red Cross Chapter and the
District Recreation Department.
Those desiring instruction may
gain free admission to the following
pools at 8 am. Monday through
Friday of each week: Anacostia,
Banneker, Dunbar, East Potomac.
Francis, Georgetown, Mckinley.
Rosedale and Takoma Park. Parents
are particularly urged to send their
children to the nearest pool for this
instruction. Life saving classes will
be offered later as swimmers become
qualified for that instruction.
Evening star., 1943-07-10
Appeals Court Upho|ds
S1,750 Injury Award

The Court of Appeals yesterday
affirmed District Court judgment
of March, 1912, which awarded Will
liam r. Harrison, 46, of 5l18 Ca
thedral avenue NV, the sum of
81 ,750 against the Hecht Co. for an
ankle sprain he suffered in Septem-
Der, 1940 The injury was sustained
in a building in the 900 block of E
street NV, then used by the firm as
an annex.
The ankle sprain, which the suit
Evening star., 1943-07-10
The Political Mill

defeated the amendment pro-
posal by vote of .16 to Is. The
Utah House also killed similar
amendment by a vote Of 81 to
Is. The Florida House turned
the proposal down. Although the
Committee on Elections reported
out a resolution In the Mime
sofa Legislature, 1t failed to pass.
The Constitution of the United
States leaves 1t to the States to
flx the qualifications of their
voters. Section 2 of Article /
says: The House of Representa-
tives shall be composed of MEM
bers chosen every second year by
the people Of the several States,
and the electors in each State
shall have the qualifications
requisite for electors OF the most
numerous branch of the State
Legislature" No mention is made
In the Constitution of 81 years as
the voting age.
However, several resolutions
have been introduced in the pres
ent Congress proposing a. con-
stitutional amendment which
would make all citizens Is years
of age Or over. eligible to vote.
If such a resolution were adopted
by a two-thirds vote of both
houses of Congress and later
ratified by three-fourths of the
states, the 18-year-old voting age
would be uniform throughout the
United States.
Several Offered.
Among the resolutions intro
duced is one by Senator Vanden-
berg, Republican, of Michi-
gan. He offered a similar resolu-
ton in the last Congress. 1t has
been referred to the Judiciary
Committee, but no action has
been taken on 1t. In the House
similar resolutions have been Of
fered by Representatives Fish.
Republican, of New York, Ran
dolph, Democrat, of West Vir-
ginia and Wickersnam, Demo-
crat OF Oklahoma. Representa-
tive Snyder, Republican, of Penn
sylvania has a resolution max
ing l9 years the voting age. All
are before the House Judiciary
Committee, and no action has
been taken. The chances are
that, for the present at least,
these resolutions will continue
to slumber in committee.
A demand for lowering of the
voting age has arisen out Of war
conditions and the draft Of
young men l8 years old, The
prediction is made that If Geor-
gia should approve the pending
constitutional amendment, other
States would follow suit, leaping
on the bandwagon. However, the
failure of other State Legislatures
to approve, up to this time, the
submission of similar constitu-
tional amendments does not en-
courage this belief.
Opponents of lowering the vot-
ing age below 81 years insist that
boys and girls between 18 and 20
have not sufficient experience
and knowledge of public affairs
to warrant their being given the
vote. They contend that once
the war is over the agitation for
this change will die off.
Evening star., 1943-07-10

shall be low
cred to l8
y e a RS. This
will be the
first time the
voters of any
S t a t e will
have had an
o p p o rtunity
TO e X p r e S S
t h e m S elves
on this ques-
tlon-a queS-
ton that has
been agitated
Evening star., 1943-07-10

German re-
in nforcements
on that Ital-
/ a n outpost,
Gen. Eisen-
hover, COM
mander : in :
chief In North
Africa, con-
S1dered 1t eS-
sential t h q t
he original
I o r c e b e
strengthened
sufficiently to
a Yaid anV
Evening star., 1943-07-10

Donegal tweed
ever to come out
of Ireland.
The set-up Is
this: I have the
tweed a bottle
green, all fecked
with red and yell
low and with
tn a t Low ely
thatche d % o I
smell that Done
gal has but I
have to get 1t by
the British Gus
Evening star., 1943-07-10
By GOULD LINCOLN.

The people of Georgia on
August 3 will vote on a State
constitutional amendment to de-
termine whether the voting age
Evening star., 1943-07-10
BY CONSTANTINE BROW,

American and British COM
manders are convinced that to oc-
cupy Sicily will be no picnic.
Because of recently arrived
Evening star., 1943-07-10
.McLenore-
Fute of Tweed
Up to Customs
Nv HENRY McLEMORE.

DUBLIN.-My wife doesn't know
it, but within an hour or two 1t viii
be decided whether or not she Is 70
have the best looking batch. OF
Evening star., 1943-07-10

T HE opinions OF the uriter this
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented In The
Stars eUOt to gtpe all sides OF questions interest
readers although such opinions be contradictory
| themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star., 1943-07-16

Domestic help is hard to find
but you may find 1t through q
want Ad" in The Star.
Evening star., 1943-07-16
Construction Slated
Immediately on
Lanham Act Projects

New construction projects under
Lanham Act appropriations will be
begun almost Immediately. Mai.
Gen. Philip B. Fleming. Federal
Works administrator, announced to-
day.
Water works, sewers and hoSpi-
tails will be given preference in the
order named, with schools, roads
and streets recreatiOn u ck1ters
mostly for servicemeny and n1iscel-
laneous projects getting next atten-
tion," Gen. Fleming said. "All Of
these will be built only in localities
where the need is most acute and Is
a consequence Of our war exertions. :"
Among the many congressional
actions affecting FWA and its
constituent administrations, public
roads and public buildings, was an
increase of 5000, 900 900 in the au-
thorization for the war public works
and war public services program
under the Lanham Act, followed by
the appropriation OF $50, 1000 900 for
immediate use in these programs.
$3.50 With States on Roads.
The Public roads Administration
in cooperation with State highway
departments, is authorized to under
take with those departments a pro-
gram for advance engineering OF
highway improvements for con-
struction after victory. New legisla-
ton allotted $50, 900 900 for this pur-
pose, provided an equal sum Is put
up by the States. This program is
in addition to the $4,000, 900 ad-
vance engineering program already
under way.
At least $4,000, 900 Of Lanham
Act funds will be expended where
priorities can be obtained, with FWA
approval to be followed by bids and
contracts, Gen. Fleming stated.
Express Highway Report Slated.
He added that Public Roads Com
missioner Thomas H. Macdonald
will report to the President and the
Congress within six months on a
survey to be made Of the need for
and cost Of nationwide system of
express highways, the number of
such highways and their approxi-
mate routes.
approximately 41,o0o persons will
be kept on relief work in Puerto
Rico and the Virgin Islands until
next November 30. Gen Fleming
said small FWA unit would COM
plete liquidation of WPA, disposing
OF its remaining litigation and obli-
cations and preserving its records.
Congress appropriated 1892 900 for
this. purpose. The remainder of a
LOGS 900 liquidating appropriation,
Gen. Fleming pointed out, is to pay
accrued leave Of employees released.
Evening star., 1943-07-16
204 Killed, 800 Hurt
In Naples. Rome Says

LONDON, July 16 (P.-The Rome
eommunique reported today the
italian mainland cities of Genoa,
Foggia and Naples had been raided
by Allied bombers. causing dam
age and some victims.
Allied reports did not Immediately
confirm that Genoa had been at
tackled.
The Italian communique, broad
cast from Rome and recorded by
the Associated Press, said Axis
forces were resisting the Sicilian in
vaders from Agrigento to the Ca
tania plain and that heavy losses
had been inflicted on Allied armor.
The italian communique reported
air attacks against Allied shipping,
including the unconfirmed sinking
of 10,000-ton merchant ship by
torpedo planes and damage to three
more ships.
Allied air attacks were said to
have been carried out on objectives
In Alessandria, Savona, Parma, Bo-
logna and Reggie Emilia.
Evening star., 1943-07-16
Indiana Man Killed
ByStreetcar Here
| D. 6. Traffic Toll
Killed in 1943- AZ
Killed in same period in ls42 So
Total for all Of 1912 -lO9

The District traffic toll stood at a
today following the death last night
of Ernest Leroy Fisher, SO, of Fair
land, Ind, who was injured fatally
when he was struck by streetcar
at Fourth street and Florida avenue
NE. The victim was pronounced
dead on the scene by a Casualty
Hospital physician.
Police listed the driver OF the
streetcar as Frederick Ewing, "A, of
Is Anacostia road NE, who will ap.
pear later at an inquest.
In another accident involving q
streetcar, John Meinekheim, 70, of
Falls Church, Va, was seriously in
jured when struck at car stop 13 on
the Cabin John line. He was under
treatment for head and internal in.
juries at Emergency Hospital.
Elita Musgrove, S, colored. of 1928
New Hampshire avenue NE, suf-
fered a back injury when she was
struck by an automobile in the 1900
block of Seventeenth street NV.
She was treated at Children's Hos
pital.
Evening star., 1943-07-16
Pacific
Continued From First Page.p

er 106 tons OF bombs fell among
its demoralized defenders in less
than As minutes from Allied planes.
From front and rear. other enemy
defenses at Mubo were stormed.
Our ground forces have now
cleared the Mubo area Of all organ
ized enemy resistance and are
pressing on Komiatum Is miles
from Salamaua)," the 'communique
said. = m q
approximately $50 enemy troops
were destroyed. Our losses were
light"
The sky fight over the Central
Solomons. where the Japanese have
expended more than 260 planes since
the current defensive started, found
the Americans shooting down more
planes than they had in the air
tackling the 81 enemy bombers and
their escort Of between so and so
Zeros. Against the As downed, we
lost three planes and our Solomons
losses to date are under so.
Moving Nearer Munda.
The focal point of the Solomons
drive, the Munda air base on New
Georgia, was further menaced and
isolated. Throwing of an enemy
counterattack, United States troops
moved through the jungles still
nearer Munda's foxhole and log
bunker defenses. Our artillery blew
up four enemy guns near the air.
drome yesterday.
In inter-island waters above
Munda, one Japanese merchant ship
was sunk, second left afiame, two
barges sunk and a third set on fire
by rowing Mitchell medium bombers.
On the enemy's garrison of Bairo-
ko, supply port for Munda on the
Kula Gulf. a heavy force of dive
bombers rained 1000 and 1000
pound bombs yesterday. Across the
gulf, 54 tons of bombs spilled by
Avenger torpedo bombers and
dauntless divebombers on Villa, Ko-
lombangara Island, started huge
fires at that Munda supply depot.
The communique, today also dis
closed that in the second Navy bat,
tie in the Kula Gulf July 13, the
United States destroyer Gwin was
damaged so severely she sank later
while being towed to port. She was
the third American warship lost in
Kula Gulf actions. The destroyer
Strong was torpedoed and sunk July
S while shelling Bairoko and the
light cruiser Helena was sunk July
6 in the first Kula Gulf battle. Japa-
nese losses in the two battles have
been reported as at least 13 and
probably II cruisers and destroyers.
Evening star., 1943-07-16

had brought up some loss which
were firing rapidly and the tank
attack was stopped. BY evening
more troopers had arrived and the
colonel ordered a counterattack in
order to recover our dead and
wounded. Then. like in the last
minutes of a Hollywood ending,
came Our Gen. Sherman tanks and
some half-tracks towing antitank
guns. You could hear the para
chute troopers cheers even above
the clatter of the tanks.
At $40 our tanks opened and we
charged in two waves while the
Germans replied with intense NOR
tar'~~fre and sweeping machine
gun fire. Overhead their Messer-
schmitts prowled to observe or
strafe. N
Ricocheting bullets sang their
bee-like song of death past my cul-
vert while shell fragments whirled
through the air. Half an hour later
1t was quiet. And in the gloom of
the gathering night our men came
back to their lines while the tanks
withdrew, having destroyed from
the rear a huge Tiger tank.
We counted many dead and
wounded, but 1t was victory be-
yond question.
The attack had driven the enemy
of his hill back through the village
and he had abandoned tons of
equipment. In fact, reconnaissance
later showed he retreated complete
ly from this sector.
AS result the combat team of
this task force which had been held
up by the enemy's strong point was
able to push on through in the
same manner as the parachutists
attack on pillboxes and, the rear
areas had enabled the combat team
on the southern flank to advance.
There was another contributing
element. The enemy's huge pill
boxes and strong points protecting
high ground from the west had dur
ing the height of the battle come
under fire of heavy naval guns and
one OF our warships.
Fire of these guns was directed
by radio from two young naval en-
signs who had jumped with us and
who had been out in front in the
worst fighting all day.
That was yesterday and today the
men are resting, reorganizing and
often eating for the first time. You
find during the fierce throb OF bat
tie that hunger is nonexistent, but
it comes back once you've had a
chance to relax.
Evening star., 1943-07-16
Distict-Piftsbureh Train
Derailed; | Killed, | Hurt
By the Associated Prose

By the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, July 16.-The To-
comotive and seven passenger cars
of the Baltimore g. Ohio Railroad S
Washington to- Pittsburgh train q
were derailed in suburban Versailles
yesterday, killing the fireman and
slightly injuring the engineer.
A spokesman for the railroad said
no passengers were hurt. He iden-
titled the fireman as Thomas Broad
stock, SO, and the engineer as Sam
uel Evans, so, both Of Cumberland,
Md.
Both tracks of the main line were
blocked by the cars.
Evening star., 1943-07-16

chicaso Tribune Correspondent Repre-
senting the Combined American Press.
Distributed by the Associated Press.