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Evening star., 1943-09-30
District Jews Pray
For Killers Victims
In Rosh Hashana

Prayers for the liberation of Jews
abroad key-noted observances to-
day Of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish
New Year 57o4. as Washington
Jewry ushered in the 10 days of
penance, which ends with Yom
Kippur, the Day OF Atonement.
Services, which began yesterday
at sunset and marked the advent
Of the New Year, continued in
synagogues through the city today.
In q statement commemorating
the New Year, Secretary of State
Hull declared last night that it was
appropriate at this time to rejoice
together over the worlds quickening
hope"
"On the occasion of the celebra-
ton Of the Jewish New Year I de-
sire to extend my greetings to all
Americans of the Jewish faith" the
statement read.
1T seems appropriate at this sea-
son to express again my constant
sympathy with them in their sor-
row over those of their religion who
still live and die in the deep shadow
OF persecution.
IT Is also appropriate at this time
fol. ~ to rejoice together over the
worlds quickening hope for the
dawn Of New Year in which we
may realize peace at last for all the
great Brotherhood of mankind"
Services today were to be held at
the Jewish Community Center. Serv-
teez ana SPEAKERS at other churches
re: Washington Hebrew Congrega-
tion. Rabbi Norman Gerstenfeld;
First Congregational Church, Rabbi
JuliAn Morgenstern; B'nal Jacob
Temple, Rabbi Morris L. Blair; Tie
fereth Israel Synagogue and Adas
Israel Synagogue, Rabbi Solomon
Metz.
Men and women in the armed
services crowded the Community
Center last night for services spon-
sored by the Army and Navy Com
mittee of the Jewish Welfare Board.
Pvt. Abrasha Robofsky, former
cantor at the Washington Hebrew
Congregation, now stationed at
Camp Lee, Va, sang the services at
the center last night and was sched-
uled to do so again today.
Rabbi Morgenstern, president of
the Hebrew Union College at Cincin-
natl, spoke last night at the Temple,
where he is guest of Rabbi Gers
tenfeld.
Part way through services this
morning at all synagogues, cantors
blew 80 blasts on rams horns in
remembrance of the ceremonies held
in Hebrew temples centuries ago.
Evening star., 1943-09-30

An ADVANCE training plane has
been purchased for the Army Air
Forces through the bond purchases
OF the $50 employees of the Wash.
ington factory of International Busi-
ness Machines Corp, 1t was an
nounced yesterday.
ss5,ooo Raised.
The campaign, designed to raise
total OF $4,000 in individual bond
purchases. wound up with 4 total
OF approximately s35,000. This
branch also issued War bonds to-
falling nearly $4,000 exclusive of
their own purchases All sales were
made during the Third War Loan
drive, and do not include payroll
savings.
Heading the organizations COM
mittee was Julius F. Hagel, assistant
plant superintendent. He was aided
by Bernard Boteler and Misses
Mary Barnes and Margie Cannon.
The company, located at 1873 New
York avenue NE, flies the Treas
urys Minute Man Flag signifying
100 per cent participation among
employees.
AT rally Of the Italian-American
Victory Council, a case of prewar
imported olive oil was auctioned to
Francis j. DeMisa for SIS, 900 in War
bonds. The auctioneer was Ugo Ca
rusl, executive assistant to the
Attorney General. Dr.. Raphael G,
Urciolo is chairman of the council,
which is composed of the Districts
~ Italian clubs.
Individual Campaign.
The campaign in the District to
sponsor through individual War bond
purchases a group of carrier-based
planes has attained GAL per cent of
its goal. Each plane in this group
the size of which cannot be divulged
Tor reasons of security-will bear
the seal Of the District OF Columbia.
Pvt. Henry Jubinville, hospitalized
at Walter Reed Hospital, stated at
a recent War bond rally that 1T is
very unfortunate that every one
couldn't actually see the great
sacrifices being made by our boys
on the fighting fronts. "Our con-
sciences should set our quota" he
continued. land our hearts will tell
us whether our dollars match the
deeds of our heroes. Every dollar
invested in War Bonds might mean
the safe and hastened return of our
loved ones. We must all carefully
consider this
At the regular luncheon meeting
of the Lions Club of Washington
yesterday afternoon at the May
flower Hotel it was reported that
the club had attained $85 900 toward
it's $10O,00a Third War Loan goal.
Pvt. Jubinville, returned hero OF the
African campaign, spoke of his bat
Evening star., 1943-09-30
-
Child Care Course
Begins October 8

Interviews are being held through
October l for persons wishing to
enroll In the fifth Washington child
care aid course, which will begin
October 8 at the headquarters of the
American Woman's Voluntary Serv-
ices, 1920 Twenty-second street NV.
The course, designed to train vol
unteers for service in nursery
schools and child-care centers for
children of working mothers, is
sponsored jointly by the Child Care
and Protection Committee of the
Civilian War Service, the AWVS
and the Emergency Committee for
Day Care of Young Children.
Members of the AWVS Child Care
Committee in charge of the course
are Mrs. Edwin Kuh, chairman;
Mrs. John Washington, Mrs. Ethan
Allen Peyser, Mrs. Richard Gilbert
and Mrs. Herbert Emmerich.
Following the 80-hour training
period, an OCD certificate in child
care will be issued successful candi-
dates. The training will include 20
hours Of re-discussions on
Tuesdays and Fridays from 1870 to
$3.50 pm. for five weeks, 10 hours of
observation and so hours of prac-
tice teaching under professional
supervision.
Personal interviews, which de-
termine acceptance for the course,
may be arranged by calling Civilian
Defense Once, Elk. $40, or AWvS
Headquarters, Dupont l47s.
Evening star., 1943-09-30

ward will be guest speaker and
Richard Mansfield, former chief Of
detectives, will present chalk talk.
The theater doors will be opened at
7:45 pm. The admission charge will
be War bond purchase.
Final tabulation Of War bond and
stamp sales by the Sherwood School
Victory Corps, Sandy Spring, Md,
last Friday showed bond sales total
ing 5000, it was announced today.
OF that amount, $1,000 was raised in
sales by elementary school children,
while high school students raised
$1,000.
Fauquier County has exceeded its
$600, 900 quota by more than $500, 600.
according to p. G. Marsteller, cam
paign chairman. He said several
more reports are yet to be received.
Arlington County's bond sales
total Of $924,000 to date brings the
county's 81 $50. 900 goal within reach,
according to j. Foster Hagan,
Finance Committee chairman.
Evening star., 1943-09-30

transport plane at Calcutta on Sep
tember 81.
1t. Klett, 27 was born in New
Canaan, Conn, where he attended
high school. After his graduation
he was employed in a New York
department store until he came here
to the Department of Agriculture,
Bureau of Agricultural Economics,
in April, 1927. Three years later he
was transferred to Pennsylvania.
Entering the Army as a private
in September, 1941, he received his
early training at Aberdeen, Md, and
attended Officers Candidate School
at Fort Washington, Md, where he
was commissioned a second lieu
tenant. He has been overseas since
last February.
1t. Klett was married a few
months before leaving this country.
His widow, Margaret S. Klett, lives
at Jackman, Me. A sister, Mrs. Clyde
B. Hawkins, lives at 712 North Mon
roe street, Arlington, Va; his mo-
ther, Ada S. Klett, at ST. Petersburg,
Fla. Another sister, Helen Klett, is
second lieutenant in the Army
Nurses Corps stationed at Atlantic
City.
Evening star., 1943-09-30
Spanish Political Prisoners
Over 10 10 Be Released
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
MADRID. Sept. 30-All Spanish
political prisoners over 10 years Of
age will gain conditional liberty un-
der new laws approved by the cab
met and announced today by Gen.
eralissimo Francisco Franco.
Another law granted similar free
dom to s,eo5 other political prison.
ers. "a
Still another decree abolished the
heavy excess profits tax of from 40
to 80 per cent on all, individuals,
companies and corporations report
ing profits Of more than Z per cent.
The tax, imposed in 1941, was de-
signed ito distribute more equitably
the sacrifices Of reconstruction and
the profits Of the World War" e
Evening star., 1943-09-30
D. {. War Bond Drive
Lacks S18,3oO,OOO Of
$4,000, Goal
Continued From First Page.)

ington, expressed the need for
greater bond purchases by indi-
vidnals In this way:
What excuse can we possibly give
to one of Mark Clark's 5th Army
boys in Italy for not helping him by
buying an extra bond or two? Will
it stand up? You say you haven't
the money or you haven't. been
asked. If we are spending our time
thinking up excuses for not buying
extra bonds, we don't deserve the
sacrifices being made for us on the
bloody beaches of Europe and the
Pacific. Salerno was strewn with,
American bodies, not excuses"
White House Leads Agencies.
The White House leads all other
Government employe groups In sup
port OF the bond drive, with 26 OF
the rs Federal agencies exceeding
their quotas, 1t was announced last
night by e. F. Bartlett, chairman of
the Interdepartmental War Savings
Bond Committee. Several other
agencies, Mr.. Bartlett said, are at 90
per cent of their goal.
Due to staggered Government pay
days, the true extent of Federal en-
ployes' extra bond purchases this
month will not be ascertained until
possibly several days after the ma
tional drive closes Saturday, an as
slstant to Mr.. Bartlett said. The 26
agencies going over the top are:
Evening star., 1943-09-30
Liner Queen kary's
Role in Moving Of
u. 5. Troops Revealed
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Sept. 30.-The liner
Queen Mary carried tens of
thousands of American troops to
fighting fronts around the world
in 1912, it may now be disclosed.
The role played by the liner as
troop transport was revealed after
publication of report telling how
German plot to sink her with
10000 Americans aboard was foiled
with discovery of German radio
transmitter at Sac Paulo, Brazil
Early in the summer of 1912 the
Queen Mary played an important
part in saving Britain's desperate
position at Ell Alamein, the Daily
Mails naval correspondent wrote.
"Once she steamed right through
a pack OF submarines estimated to
number about 25," he added, "and
not one had time to get a torpedo
trained on her.
She went fat out from England
with men and stores representing
half a fully-equipped division.
Her passage from an English port,
right around the cape to Port Suez,
distance of some $4,000 miles, was
made in few weeks-including a
stop at a South African port.
1T is safe to say" the correspond
ent added, that the Queen Mary
played bigger part than any other
ship and perhaps the biggest indi-
Vidual part of any fighting unit in
saving the situation"
With full load of American
troops aboard in the late winter in
1912, the writer said, the liner ran
into giant storm dashed seas which
nearly upset her. She was heading
for a northwestern port and an
enormous wave hit her broadside
some TOO miles from port.
"She listed until her upper decks
were awash and those who had
sailed in her since she first took to
the sea we're convinced she would
never right herself" the correspond
ent wrote.
Her safety depended on no more
than five inches. Had she gone
those inches farther to port the
Queen Mary would have been no
more.
1T was exceptional seamanship on
the part of the bridge officers that
saw her through that tense period"
he added. by quick turn of the
helm her bows were brought dead
on to this exceptional wave and she
was safe"
In addition to taking Allied troops
to the fighting front, the Queen
Mary-which has accommodations
to carry $4,000 to 10000 men-has
carried to overseas captivity thou
sands of Italian and German pris-
oners of war.
Evening star., 1943-09-30
Malta Dockmen Strike
After Ruling on Bonus
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
VALLETTA, Malta, Sept. So
Dockyard workers at Malta went on
strike yesterday after the announce
ment of government decision on
their application for an increased
war bonus.
About 1900 workers, who have
been playing an important role In
Allied operations, staged a six-day
strike last month. They returned to
work after conference had been
called by Field Marshal Lord Gort,
commander in chief Of Malta.
The government has agreed to
increase subsidies for certain ra-
TONED goods and has offered q
minimum weekly wage OF about 3l7
The workers have demanded 3l3.5o
minimum.
Evening star., 1943-09-30
tie experiences and urged greater
bond buying.
Rallies Slated Today.

Rallies Slated Today.
Meetings and rallies scheduled for
today we're:
. a.m.-Meeting of the 120 en-
ployes Of the National Lumber
Manufacturing Association at 1919
Eighteenth street. Treasury speaker
is Bernard Weadock.
9:30.-War bond assembly for stu
dents and faculty of Calvin Coolidge
Senior High School at Fifth and
Tuckerman streets NV. The as
sembly was arranged by Mrs. VIII
liam H. Rippard. faculty head Of
War savings projects. The speaker
is Josiah Lyman, who himself
enters the Navy with lieutenant
q. g. commission early next month.
1890 a.m.-Bond rally at Beth
Sholom's Rosh Hashana services
was announced by Solemn Feldman,
War bond chairman. Rabbi M. H.
Levinson will conduct the final
phase Of the congregations $3.50, 900
War bond campaign.
IL oclock-Luncheon meeting and
War bond rally of the District of
Columbia Medical Society in the
main ballroom OF the Mayfiower
Hotel. The announcement came
from Dr. w. Calhoun Sterling, who
heads the medical section of the
professional division of the War
Finance Committee. DR.. Fred r.
Sanderman, president of the society,
will introduce as War bond speaker
John A. Reilly, chairman OF the
District War Finance Committee.
Peoples Drug Stores announces
that its quota of 5000 per sales
person in all the stores throughout
its chain have exceeded the goal of
s85o.00o by 100000, making the
total $953,000. Although our goal
has been reached" said John Bowen
of that organizations War Bond
Committee, I'VE have no intention
of lessening our efforts. We will
continue to sell War bonds with the
same vigor and enthusiasm until
the close of the current campaign"
At their present pace, it appears
certain that a million-dollar mark
will be attained by Peoples Drug
Stores in the Third War Loan.
Rally in Rockville.
A special bond rally will be held at
8:15 tonight in Sidney Lust's Milo
Theater in Rockville, with expecta-
tions that the rally will add $45 900
to Montgomery County's total.
Brooke Johns will be master of cere-
monies. Judge Charles w. Wood
Evening star., 1943-09-30
Disposal Of Italian
Warships Presents
knotty Problem
BY the Associated Press.


ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTH AFRICA, Sept. 3o.-Dis-
posal of the Italian feet is develop
ing into one of the knottiest polit-
ical questions of the war.
So far the Italians have been al
lowed to keep their warships, which
are admitted to be of great value to
the Allies, but they have shown
little inclination to fight, in the
Mediterranean or anywhere else.
The French, on the other hand,
have pointed out to the United
States and Britain that they have
a reserve officer and sailor pool OF
$4,000 men willing to fight aboard
the ships either here or in the
Pacific.
Question May Come Up.
This situation frames one OF the
questions which undoubtedly will
be taken up by the Mediterranean
commission being established by the
Allies. @
The Dutch, the Greeks and the
Norwegians. all OF whom lost their
fleets ,1ignting on the side of the
Allies. also have reserve pools OF
sailors
1t would take considerable time to
train crews to take over the battle
ships, but the small cruisers and
destroyers, which are urgently need
ed by the Allies, could Be put into
action quickly.
There. Is little inclination on the
part Of the Allied chiefs to trust the
Italian warships with the duty OF
guarding important Allied troop
conveys from air. or undersea attack.
Most ef Ships Now Idle.
But the great speed of the italian
warships would make them especially
valuable in the Pacific. Most OF the
Italian warships now are idle, al
though few destroyers are going
about on missions.
In some military minds there may
be doubt that the Italians are yalu-
able enough in a military way to
justify the shipping space the United
Nations have allotted them to keep
them in the war.
The Italians already have re-
quested that they be supplied with
clothing for 100000 persons, includ-
ing troops who attacked Albania and
Greece and have been stationed
there, but now, disarmed by the
Germans, have been returned to
Italy.
Evening star., 1943-09-30
Two in Navy Plane
Captured $50 Italians
Without Landing q
~ the Associated Prsss.


A Navy flyer and his radioman
captured $50 italian soldiers and
herded them to American lines With
out leaving their plane during the
Sicilian invasion, the Navy reported
today.
The airmen were 1t. q, ~ Paul
e. Coughlin, Edna, Mo-, and Radio.
man Richard Shafer, Albany, Greg,
who directed the prisoners march
by firing at their heels.
1t. Coughlin told the story to his
commanding offlcer:
Il circled past some OF our sol-.
diers, q forward patrol, on the
beach ut the foot Of q cliff.
They waved and pointed at the
hill, which they were evidently hav.
ing trouble gaining. began to
strafe this position, and after about
four runs Of fixed and free gunfire
white nags and Italians BEGAN ap-
pearing. new low and notioned
for them to 60 in the general di-
rection Of our troops; their move.
ment was hurried and guided by the
very accurate fire Of the radiomar1.
Saw White Flags
Looking about the top Of the hin
for a way to direct them, where they
would be in the open, I saw white
flags waving over four entrench-
ments. As the prisoners would get
close to one Of these positions, I
would fly over and wave for them
to 60 in the direction OF the others.
They were little slow coming out
until few shots were fired close to
them. In this way we got all out In
to the open, and headed for the
beach.
I'VE rode herd on them. When
one would start to stray or they
would start spreading, shots were
placed close to the stragglers. This
worked very well and they gathered
forces rs they went forward, result
ing In what appeared to be about
$50 by the time they reached the
(American) soldiers on the beach.
"At critical point when they
we're scattering out the free gun
jammed. / told the radioman not
to let them know. for they might
try to escape. I circled low around
them and told him to point the gun
in their direction. As we got close
to one who was making run for
it heard some shots fred. Looking
back, saw the radioman aiming
the machine gun and firing his IS
beside it, making the fugitive run
In the other direction.
Locates 30 More.
" went back over the hill and
strafed the other positions, this time
corralling about 80 stragglers. As
the group reached the crest Of the
| hill, noticed a burst of antiaircraft
fire on my starboard beam. Looking
quickly around the sky, I saw two
enemy fighters German Messer-
schmitts 109s) closing on my tail. I
put the plane into steep dive. Five
! inch shells from my cruiser began
breaking between me and the enemy
fighters, forcing them to turn away.
"As the planes disappeared went
back to find my prisoners gone, but
a few shots and a little strafine OF
the buildings and vicinity soon
rounded up most Of them again."
Evening star., 1943-09-30
Congress in Brief

BY the Associated Press. t,
Senate: 90 f7H ~
Debate continues on father draft.
Agriculture Subcommittee hears
milk producers. 7'tsai 7El N3
Hou.e. Ma Z 5lSy Es8Ih fdd
Routine session. -
Military Affairs Committee studies
retroactive dependency payment
plan.
Evening star., 1943-09-30
Rev. N. J. O'MoI|ey Dies;
Nationally Known Cleric
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 3O.-The Very
Rev. Martin j. OMalley, 81, C. M,
S. T. D., a nationally known clergy
man and rector of Kenrick Sem
mary, died last night of complica-
tions following a heart attack.
Born in Chicago, he was ordained
in 1912 and had headed the SEM
mary since 1882. From 1926 to 1882
he was pastor of St. Vincent's
Church in Los Angeles.
Evening star., 1943-09-30

ASlatac JGeaJer'
on September q
wMoS Ses names
were made pub
lie by the War
Department., ac-
cording to a dis
patch by the As
sociated Press.
Presumably he
was among the
20 who were re-
ported IN a dis
patch a few days
ago from India
to h a v e b e e n
k i l e d in the
crash of an Army
Evening star., 1943-09-30
New Quonset Chief Named

QUONSET POINT, r. l., Sept. 80
P.-Capt., Ben Harrison wyatt,
fresh from II months combat duty
covering about every war theater,
today assumed command of Quon-
set Naval Air Station. Capt Wyatt,
a native of Williamsburg, KY, sue
ceeds Capt. Gail Morgan, assigned to
duty overseas.
Evening star., 1943-09-30
SPEED LOCKED CONTROLS

SPEED LOCKED CONTROLS
Second 1t. Robert H. Knapp
of Norwich, N. Y, pilot of a
PAT Thunderbolt fighter op-
Grating out of British base,
is believed to have dived his
plane at approximately $40
miles per hour during an air
fight over Emden, Germany, .
last Monday. He went down
from 10000 feet so fast his
controls locked. but the plane
came out at 5000 feet. 1t.
Knapp, shown in the cockpit
OF his plane Percy, enlisted a
year ago last January.
"A. p. Wirephoto.
Evening star., 1943-09-30
Ii. Albert kIett Reported
Killed in Pacific Crash

1t. Albert Klett, formerly an en-
ploye of the Department of Agri-
culture, was among the "A officers
and enlisted men killed In the,
Evening star., 1943-09-30

THEIR WAR BONDS BUILD PLANE-Bernard point
ing to the cockpit Of advanced training paid
$8999 in War bonds bought by $50 employees the Washington
factory International Business Machines Corp Standing with
him is Miss Marcy Cannon and below Mrs Fitzpatrick
OF the corporation and Paul Auken deputy
OF the District War Finance Committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-03

grad, Volkhov, Northwestern. Ka-
linin, Central. Bryansk, Voronezh,
Southwestern, Don, Stahngrad and
Caucasian.
Each was commanded by a skill
full professional soldier, Outstanding
were Gems. Flip Goikov of Voro-
nezh, Nikolai Vatutin of the South
west, Konstantin Rokossovsky of the
Don and Andrea Yeremenko of Sta
lingrad. who won the battle of Sta
lingrad, Leonid Govrov of Leningrad
and Kiril Meretskov of Volkhov. who
broke the Leningrad blockade.
Above them served newly desig-
mated representatives Of the general
headquarters of the supreme COM
mand, who co-ordinated the actions
OF the fronts. Representatives of
the Stavka were Marshals VoroShi-
low, Gregory Zhukov, Nikolai Voro-
nov and Gen. Alexander Vasilevsky.
Many military observers in Mos
COW believed this new organization
providing closely knit forces under
strong general direction, made much
of the difference in the new striking
power Of the Red Army.
This fluid organization is con-
stantly changing, now that the Red
Army is moving into new fields.
The Stalingrad front, for example.
mas become the southern front.