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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-20
French Ship Is Sunk
After 8 Of Gun Crew
Desert Vessel in Port
Knox Cites Crafts Fote
As Evidence Of Need
For Sailors TO Remain
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Secretary of the Navy Knox has
disclosed that French merchant
ship, repaired and supplied in the
United States and deserted by eight
OF her 10-man gun crew. has been
sunk by enemy torpedoes.
The Secretary cited this ships fate
In asserting yesterday that deser-
tons of crews. to change their
allegiance to French factions, inter-
rupted the functions of warships
being repaired and reconditioned in
United States ports. There have
been frequent reports of sailors quit
ting the ships, under command Of
Gen. Henri Giraud, to Join forces
led by Gen. Charles de Gaulle Mr.
Knox said in statement last Sat-
urday that continuance of "'numer-
Gus assertions" by the sailors would
leave the ships 80 understaffed that
they will be virtually demobilized.
He emphasized that his press con-
ference statements yesterday were
not applicable to French politics and
referred only to delays in preparing
French ships for service with United
Nations fleets.
i am trying to point out that
these ships We are spending Amer
lean money to repair are being in
terrtlpted in their functions" he said.
After one month without a de-
sertion. about 40 per cent of the
crew tof one vessel left to Join
another faction of Frenchmen
shortly before the vessel was due
to sail on her war mission" he said
Mr., Knox also made public let
ter from Vice Admiral r. Fenard.
chief of the French naval mission,
IN which Admiral Fenard said Ger
tain newspapers have seen fit to
cast doubt on the sincerity" of some
of The French officers and men. Mr..
Knox replied that the Navy and
the majority of our people" rec
ognlze the determination of the
French officers and men to fight
with the UEited Nations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-20
Oil Stocks in East
Fall 1913 Pct. Below
Normal Supplies
OPA Imposes New Curb
On Use of Fuel Oil for
Electric Generators

Despite reported increase in the
Nations total oil stocks. the Petro-
leum Administration for War yes
terday reported supplies on the At
lantic Seaboard had dropped to % 9
per cent of normal for the week
ended March ID.
1t was pointed out, however. that
warm weather had decreased the
demand for heating oils in the East.
Meanwhile. in an effort to save
oil, the once of Price Administra-
ttion yesterday prohibited the use
OF fuel Oil to operate electric gen.
orators in the East, except under a
few conditions. After April S. any
utility or industrial plant using gen.
orators producing 100 kilowatts or
more will have to prove that no
alternate source Of power is avail
able from non -oil-Durning gen.
orator, or that differences in fire.
quency Or other technical differ
ences prevent use of alternate
power.
Also TO increase are supplies for
essential purposes, Petroleum Ad-
ministrator Ickes yesterday made it
clear that wildcat wells may be sunk
wherever a prospector pleases. Mr..
1ckes said there had been "unwar-
ranted apprehension" that his office
would try to dictate where such
wells should be sunk.
On March 10, the Bureau of Mines
reported, domestic and foreign oil
stocks In the country totaled 1885,
655, 900 barrels. a net increase of
s69 900 barrels over the previous
weeks total. Domestic oils in
creased $4,000 barrels.
Ralph X. Davies, deputy petro-
ieum administrator, said replenish-
ment of stocks must begin almost at
once to assure an adequate supply
Of fuel Oil for next winter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-20
$4,000 Jews Reported
Killed by Nazi Police
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
LONDON, March 20.-At least
$4,000 JeWs-the entire Jewish
population of five Polish towns
have been killed by German secret
police, the Polish government-in-
exile reported today
The Polish Information Ministry
last night reported that the killing
Of a German factory manager in a
Polish town was followed by execu-
ton Of 300 Poles. a workers strike
which resulted in hanging of IS
more and an order for the deporta-
ton Of all residents except those
working for the NaZis.
CAIRO Egypt, March 20 tP>.-Of-
ficial Yugoslav quarters reported to-
day that the German commandant
ct Belgrade announced the execu-
ton of 400 Serbs in the town of
Pozarevec, 40 miles southeast of Bel
grade, in reprisal for railway sabo-
tage and that the nearby village of
Topaonitza was burned down for
the same reason.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-20
Veteran Gold Handlers
Turn Backs on Riches

By the Associated Press
DENVER, Colo.--George M. Spen-
Ger and Xerxes T. Stoddard, after
81 years, are turning their backs
on riches.
The two weighed and recorded the
hrst gold and silver that came into
the Mint in 1906 and since have
handled around $4,000, 900 900 worth.
They retire in June
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-20
Mother Of Triplets Gets
Landlords Sympathy

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. Mrs. Virginia
Washburn has the sympathy of rs
landlords-but still no home.
An I've done is bear triplets," she
sighed You'd think I'd committed
some horrible crime"
Typical landlord reactions to the
6-month-old trio;
oh. now wonderful But. OF
course, We don't take children
You poor girl! I'm so sorry"
Gracious How perfectly horrld -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-20
Frederick County Seeks
PUBL Furm-Work Plan
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special DISPATCH 70 The star.
WINCHESTER, Va, March 90
The Frederick County School Board
is endeavoring to determine whether
the 1S43-4 school year should be
split, whether classes should be
taught six days week and whether
openings should be deferred until
after fall harvests. Members adj
mitted there were objections to all
three plans, but said some procedure
would have to be worked out to re-
lease teen-age boys and girls for
farm and orchard work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-20

only contributed Dr. Earle o. Whittier.
greatly to the fundamental knowl-
edge of the chemistry of milk con-
stituents but have resulted in COM
mercial methods for manufacture of
Tactic acid " = and in methods for
the manufacture OF casein fiber" the
society said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-20

for research in
the chemistry of
milk.
The American
G h e m i C al So
ciety, " h ! C h
made the an
nouncement to-
day, said the
prize would be
presented at a
general session
of the society in
Detroit on April
IA.
DR.. Winters
studies have not
o~Iu contributed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-20
Bureau Dairy Chemist Wins
$1,000 Borden Co. Award

DR.. Earle O. Whittier, senior chem
list in the Agriculture Departments
Bureau Of Dairy Industry. has been
awarded the 81 900 Borden Co. prize
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-20
Army Actor Hos Measles

HOLLYWOOD, March 20 Pr
Actor-dancer George Murphy won't
be around for while to work in the
filming of This Is the Army" Hes
at home-measles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-20
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. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-20
Congress in Brief
B. The Associated Press.

B. The Associated Press.
Senate:
In recess until noon Tuesday.
House:
In recess until Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-20

There are more than 70 conven-
lent branch Offices for Star Want
Ads located throughout the CITY.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-12

eight months of raids, as drawn
up by VASTLY Pronin, chairman OF
the Moscow City Soviet, showed
Incendiaries dropped 35.o0o-4o.o00
Explosives dropped 20O-S0o
German planes downed 1,1o0>
Most of the dead-767-feH in
the first month of bombing. Many
more heavy explosive bombs
1900 to LOO - fell outside the
city. Their bearers never reached
A year after the raids started.
my neighbors cleared away the
weeds which had sprung up in the
their detectives.
blackened second floor timbers OF
their house, built new roof, and
moved back to their home. For the
twenty-fifth anniversary of the
Bolshevik Revolution, November Z.
1912, the Bolshoi Theater emerged
from it's scaffolding with a new,
cleaning white facade. AS a bomb
less winter set in. the street lights
went on once more, glowing faint
ly but cheerfully in the Red Square
along sorky street and down the
Arbat
END CHAPTER 8
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-12

him. They got him, first in an
arm, then in a leg. Then they
rushed him. Good God,' one of
them cried. "We've shot one of our
own fellows, an Englishman."
"No, you haven't" said the flier,
I'm a South African"
They took him to a hospital. but
had to evacuate him soon to es-
cape the oncoming Germans. They
put him in an ambulance. which
bounced so badly he was thrown
out of his stretcher, and the man
above fell on him. They took him
to Dunkerque, and placed him in a
ship. 1t was sunk. Still, somehow,
he got back to England - and
flew again.
AS we sat around the fire, listen
ing, the sound of Moscow's AFRAID
alarm came to us, like the whistle
of a toy train peeping in the dis
tance. We went out to a ridge,
under the trees, and watched. It
was a magnificent sight, like a
small boys dream of the world S
greatest fireworks show.
There had been some skepticism
abroad as to whether these de-
fenses were really as strong as
they were supposed to be, whether
the Germans were really trying to
bomb Moscow or just putting on
nuisance raids. Out there, as John
ny read the skies, I found the an
swer. It was the real thing. AS
the shells burst, the fires started
and the planes droned over, one
after the other, on their run in,
Johnny told me he had never seen
such a barrage or so many search
lights.
The Germans began to come less
frequently to Moscow. They were
still fairly regular, but not night
ly callers. During the long winter
nights, that situation prevailed,
with isolated bombs falling by day
or night. One broke the facade of
the Bolshoi Theater. Another
wrecked the main Moscow Univer.
sity building. Another demolished
the headquarters of the central
committee of the Communist Par
ty. A huge two-thousand pounder
fell at the corner of Mokhovaya
and Gorky streets, the heart of
Moscow. just outside the National
Hotel. The American embassy staff
having lunch in the hotel, heard
the thump and thought it was a
distant explosion. Actually, it was
a dud which buried itself twenty
seven feet into the ground. Had it
gone off. they never would have
finished that or any other lunch.
The bomb was dug out and remov-
ed by hand, lest any shock set it
off and wreck the embassy, next
door to the hotel, or the Kremlin,
across the street.
But the bombings dNindled stea-
Oily. During the sring, the Ger
mans came only occasionally, and
then often only to the outskirts
They made tAeir last raid the
night of April 5, 1912. Discouraged,
they Went away, never to return
that yer. The box-score of the
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-12
GI3;!5G,K!I!ll
Do you have poor digestion?
oyou feel hsadachy after EATING,
Do you get sour or upset easily!
Do you feel tired IistIess7

Now everyone knows that to %, ~.
out OF the food you eat-you nv 1n,,s. sae sgd good
it properly. But what most - naon1. aa,us. digest
know is that Nature must prod,,cs p,e Gon's
two W, pints of the digestive re iuica, aD0ut
bile-each day to help digest tu.hves vou,
II Nature fails-your food NAV svur lo0d.
gndigested-lie sour and heavyy II remain
digestive tract. ''y IN your
Thus, it is simple to see that A..
to aid digestion is to increase tho o4e ~ way
liver live bile. Now, Carter's IittIa tite now low Of
Pills start to increase this fiow low s, hlve'
for thousands-often in as littIs s . quickly
minutes. When bile flow incras.a ,s as 'nl'ty
digestion may improve. And, sooe ases' '. yoG
on the road to feeling betterMp.Iy;ooyu :0Vnyou!s
what you're after. "Aca Is
Don't depend on artificial aide
teract indigestion-when cartec Gus 70 coun.
digestion after Natures own ordaa ,sei aid
taken as as directed. Get Carter's St'' : TThsn ;hI,
Liver Pills today-at any dr,as.altt r alttla
only 25e. You will be glad you Idit0fe-- S;G
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-12
Moscow Dateline
z3113E47 c. CASSIDY

rows of apartment houses. Lenin' S
red and black marble mausoleum
in Red Square was covered with
sandbass and decorated l. k e a
country cottage. Mokhovaya street
between the Kremlin and the Unit
ed States embassy, was zig-zagged
with lines to look like rooftops
from the air The Bolshoi The
ater was hung with canvas drapes.
painted with false passageways. A
net holding green branches was
oraped over the facade of t h e
Great Palace in the Kremlin.
Unseen, other more important
Preparations were made. Moscow
lies in the heart of Russia's forest
belt. In its dense clusters OF pine
and birch the greatest number of
searchlights ever accumulated
around a single point was laid
in concentric circles. In the clear
ings, anti-airrraft batteries were
buried in the ground and covered
with branches and leaves, ready
10 rise in defense of the city. In
the holIows, silver balloons snug
gled, waiting to raise their cables
in a steel balrage.
Inside Moscow itself elaborate
precautions were taken against air
end gas attack Steel doors and
air filters we're installed in the
subway stations. Timber reinforce
ments was given to the concrete
cellars of large buildings and the
apartment houses. Signs, Bonn
boubeznishche zdess' Ooomb-shel-
Ter here, appeared on the streets,
with black arrows pointing tn e
way. Each house committee as
signed residents to nightly roof
Top and street watch. Boxes of
sand and asbestos gloves were dis
tributed
AS the first month of war wore
cn, tension rose, sharpened by oc-
casjonal air raid alarms. Then
Moscow rose to its test.
AS the bombs were coming
down, the first heavy loads of ex-
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-12
Three Women And Man
Sentenced For Morals

Three women were sentenced to
Camp 404, the women's division
Of the North Carolina state high
way penal system, on m a S
charges by Recorder H. Winfield
Smith, Wednesday, while a man
was sent to the roads on charges
Of aiding and abetting in immoral
ity.
Dorothy Shaw, white woman,
was given six month sentence
on charges of occupying a trailer
near the shipyard for Immoral pur-
poses.
R. G. Tiller. the man, received
a six month sentence for aiding
and abetting IN prostitution by al
lowing his trailer to be used for
the purpose. He took Today stay
ot judgment under $3.50 bond.
Lille Corbett, Negress, received
a 15-month sentence for prostitu-
ton and Jane Ostanders received
a six-nlonth sentence for the same
offense.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-12
CHAPTR 8

The whistles blew in Moscow at
1G: 10 pm, July 81, 1941. No one
paid much attention to them. They
had blown six times before-once
the morning OF that same day
and nothing more had happened.
1 strolled to my fifth-floor window
ard watched the west, where the
purple glow cast oy the setting
sun seemed more interesting than
tie possibility of German planes
approaching. A m ore peaceful
sight could not be imagined.
The wall CT the sirens faded to
whine and f;rally to silence. Ten
minutes late. there was a new
sound-a click of the public loud
speaker system, and then voice,
talking calmly yet gravely, in the
streets and squares: Citizens, cit
ienesses, attention! Afraid
slarm!'
There was a tense, expectant
hush, as tour million persons
awaited the unknown. Then, roll
ing into the city like a mighty
wave from the west, came the
roar of the anti-aircraft barrage,
and after it the shrill shrek of
bombs, the dull grunt of explo-
sjons.
Thus, the aerial battle of Mos
COW was engaged, great and
significant struggle. Its import
ance, I believe. has been under
estimated. The battle of Britain,
of course, surpassed it in scope
and significance But here, also,
the Lu1twaffe set out to demora-
bze a great capital and to crush
a powerful air force. More than
eight months were to pass before
il conceded defeat.
The Luftwaffe did not find Mos
COW unprepared. During the first
months of war. Moscow had grid
ed for its own battle, in spectacu-
Jar array. Most apparent was its
coat of camouflage. The Kremlin
walls were rcpainted to resemble
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-12
ORPHANAGE BENEFIT

BANNER ELK, Aug. 11-4R-A
total of $4,60885 was contributed
to the Grandfather Orphanage
Benefit fund at the annual Grand
father Orphanage day at Blowing
7ock last Sunday, it was disclosed
today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-12
FINAL EXAMINATIONS

RALEIGH, Aug. 11.-P)-Final
examinations for the summer
school session at N. C. State Col
lege will begin on Monday, August
80, and end September 4, Registrar
W. L. Mayer said today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-12

knew enough about air-raids also
to realize that the Germans came
back over just such fires as this
to dump more bombs.
After time the planes seemed
to come in smaller groups. The
guns would burst into action,
there would be a few dull thuds,
and then quiet would descend
again. AS far as could see, there
were smoke and flames. For all
I knew, Moscow was in ruins. AT
last few gray streaks appeared
in the black sky, the drone OF
planes faded, and at am, the
same voice which had announced
the raid by radio uttered the vel
come word 'Otboy'-all clear.
Copyright ls4S by Henry c.
Cassidy; Houghton, Mifflin Co.,
distributed by AP Features.
END CHAPTER 8
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08

Mllan's Tomahawks were demol-
iShed.
The Raj reported the loss OF
five planes with their pilots.
The total haul OF japanese was
figured at six bombers and four
pursuits
The defenders had slightly ,Out-
scored the JapS numerically. But
having in mind their own high
ratio of losses. they knew they
would have TO do much more than
DUPONT the invader in the future
If they were 10 maintain any sort
of aerial defense for Rangoon and
the road.
They had heard Chennault and
Captain Aldworth and other vet
Grams tell them that there's nc
substitute for being shot at" in
the training of combat pilot
They agreed, and they felt sure
that the experience gained in that
first battle would serve them well
thereafter.
'BLOODED' AT LAST
Now, if only the British warn
ing net" would function in time sc
they could get upstairs" before
the JapS came over, and if only
the promised ammunition supplies
would arrive, and if only they
could get something decent 10 eat
and a bath and some uninterrupted
Sleep--well. the Angels knew
they would hold up their end OF
the war.
They were FLOODED at last
At Mingaladon after the battle
as the ground crew Swarmed over
the wounded TomahawkS, patching
and repairing, the Tigers examined
their ships.
Most of the Tomahawks had z
dozen or more other bullet hole.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08

uprising, and the chance was lost.
The normal activities of Ran
COON, third greatest business cen
ter Of Britain'S empire in Asia,
were almost completely paralyzed
all through December "a.
Clerks, errand boys, servants,
hospital orderlies and street clean
ers- the Indian and Burmese parts
of the population-had joined the
dock workers i'm flight.
The Anglo-Indian employ s
stayed faithfully at their posts in
the telephone and telegraph sys-
TEN, but on that eve Of Christmas
the other public services were at
A standStill. Worst of all, not a
drop of gasoline or a pound of
freight was moved from the docks,
SAD THING FOR AVG
1t was day of grief and suffer-
ing and fear and hunger for Ran
COON. And it was a sad time for
the AVG. who mourned the loss of
Hank" Gilbert" of Lowell. Wyo-
ming. and Neil Martin Of Tex
arkana, in the Rangoon flight, and
of 1t. Lacey Mangleburg of
Athens, Ga, on ferry trip.
On December %, Eric Shilling Of
Washington, ID. C., Lacey Mangle-
burg of Athens, Ga, and Ken
Merritt of Arlington. Tex, were
assigned TO ferry three new Cur
tiSs-Wright Type Il interceptOr
pursuit ships 10 Running.
They flew to LaShio, refueled
and set off northward. But the
fuel was faulty, their engines
failed. and they were forced TO
try emergency landings in rugged
mountain country.
Lacey Mangleburg. a form e r
United States Army lieutenant,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08

.of former United States Army
'f,ierS.
These included William Reed OF
Marion. la; Robert Smith Of Los
Angeles: Tom Haywood of ST
Paul: George r. Mcmillan OF
Winter Park. Fla; Ralph n.
Gunvordahl Of Colorado Springs,
Parker Dupouv Of Seckonk Mass. ;
Freddie Hodges of Memphis Tenn
Bob Hedman from Webster, s. D.;
Paul J. Greene of Glendale, Cal;
Henry J. Gilbert Jr. Of Lowell,
Wyo., and Neil G.. Martin OF
TeNarkana.
Among the others were Charles
Older or Los Angeles from The
navy. and two former marine
aviators. Ken Jernstedt Of Yam
hill. Ore. and Ed Overend Of
San Diego
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08
ANOTHER JAP CRASHES

Older sent another Jap crash
ing soon after and Ed Overend
of San Diego drew his first blood
OF the war.
/ Meanwhile. some of the bornbers
had got through and dropped their
bombs along the docks, whence
! columns OF white smoke rose like
geysers.
Many of the Jap pursuits swept
low over the streets, machine
cunning civilians and starting
other fires.
The Tigers confined themselves
10 holding the other bombers
away from the wharves. and soon
Robert Smith Of Los Angeles had
chalked up his first victory, a
Nakajima bomber.
Paul ]. Greene. after pouring
his burst into another, was
Swarmed on by two Jap pursuits,
and had to bail out. The Japs
went for him on the way down.
one aiming for Paul and the other
pouring bullets into the parachute
Paul was not hit, but his chute
was so perforated that he landed
hard. injuring his spine.
The fight was furious but short
lived as the JapS had seemingly
not expected such resistance. Be-
sides the deaths of Gilbert and
Martin and the crackup Of their
planes. Greene's and George Nc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08
By RUSSELL WHELAN
Chapter 3

All day long on The twenty
second Of December grim rumorS
raced through the city. The laps
were reported in The Bay OF
Bengal with huge battle force
OF carriers and wsrShipS. Their
armies had been observed on the
7hailand frontier a hundred thou
sand strong.
To the fcar-Strickcn native
populace every one of Rangoon' $
million crows that took 10 the
sky that day seemed almost GER
tAlnly a japanese bomber
AT Mingaladon OlSons Third
Squadron was composed principally
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08

for aerial invasion. But now, or
the sad morning after. they saw
the British volunteer service work.
ing with the smooth precision they
had copied from their compatriots
experience with bombings in Lon
don.
PUT BODIES IN TRUCKS
The fires had been -sHbdued by
volunteers working all through the
night. and others had cleared most
Of the debris from the streets and
were now busy filling up the bomb
craterS and pulling down the ruins
OF houses.
All that day the body disposal
squads tossed corpSeS into their
trucks. and though the official
casualty list announced total OF
1000 dead and 1000 injured. il
was understood that more than
5000 people had been killed.
But the British made one mis-
take of omiSsion-the kind Of mis-
take that loses battles and wars
They had forgotten 70 provide for
the maintenance of the Indian
coolies on the job at the wharves
and warehouses and i'm the impor-
tant municipal services.
One experience of the havoc and
terror of a bombing had been
enough for tens of thousands OF
these workers. VIII promptly
packed their belongings and start
ed for anywhere outside the city
of Rangoon.
URGE MARTIAL LAW
Business men appealed TO the
civil and military authorities for
an extension of martial law that
would have held these laborers to
their tasks, but the responsible
officials beSitated. for fear of an