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Evening star., 1943-01-11
Flyers Call SheIIing
OF Munda AirfieId
Most Accurate
Three Who Spotted for
Ships Declare Little
Help Wos Needed
BY WILLIAM HIPPLE.


GUADALCANAL, Jan. S de-
layedt.-Three Navy pilots who new
over Munda on New Georgia Island
during the United States fleets she'll
ing of Japanese positions there early
this morning said it was ''the most
accurate big gun firing We ever have
seen or hope to see"
"a Navy communique January
6 reported a successful pre-dawn
bombardment by surface vessels
the previous day of the recently
established enemy airfield at
Munda, which lies some $50 miles
northwest of Guadalcanal. but
gave no details of the action)
The flyers said they believed not a
single anti-aircraft battery protect
ing Munda was left untouched. They
reported terrific damage to the air.
field, its planes and dispersal areas.
1t. Comdr. Dennis Crowley Of
Roanoke, Va; 1t. George c. Duncan
OF Tacoma, Wash, and 1t. Marvin
Barnett, Tampa, Fla, were the pilots.
During the shelling they spotted
targets for the warships.
First Shell Hit Runway.
The ship didn't need much
help" Comdr. Crowley said. The
first shell struck directly on the
runway a third Of the way from
the west end. Following shells
worked toward the western end,
then switched back and in neat sue
cession ran the length of the run
way down to the east end lust
like plane taking Of. That done,
the firing next fell In 4 pattern on
both sides, covering 4 large area
around the field.
Opening the attack, we dropped
bombs at 1880 am, and were an
swered with heavy anti-aircraft
fire. On the dot Of am, the first
United States ship fired q salvo.
I'VE saw the tremendous and
brilliant flash of an explosion on
the runway. The attack stopped
dead and never resumed. The Japs
were surprised completely. Many
must have been killed. while others
headed for dugouts. / don't think
any of them tried to take their
planes on. That would have been
suicide, for the field was much
too damaged.
The firing continued for so min
utes. the ships taking turns until
At the last the smaller vessels had
moved close inshore to let 70 their
salvos. The warships looked afire
as they poured out their shells hot
and heavy. It was almost as light
as day in the space between the fleet
and the beach.
Saw Four Big Fires.
Il saw at least four big fires which
might have been burning planes or
stores OF gasoline. One still was
burning when We left later on.
There were also many explosions
probably from hits on gun positions
and ammunition"
Comdr. Crowley said a few jap
planes already in the air or called
in from another field tried to at
tack the ships. which threw up q
shower OF anti-aircraft. He doubted
that the planes caused any damage.
1t. Duncan said the members of
his plane crew cheered themselves
hoarse as the shells hit heir,targets.
The ships threw so many salvos
and the explosions on the ground
were so heavy smelled gunpowder
thousands Of feet up" he related.
When the firing at last was fin-
ished, the commander Of the task
force asked Comdr. Crowley by
radio How does it look?"
IT'S wonderful" the flyer an
swered. 1T couldn't have been
better"
Evening star., 1943-01-11
J. Bart Campbell Dies;
Former News Bureau Head

j. Bart Campbell. former man.
ager of the Washington Bureau of
International News Service. died
early today at Garfield Hospital.
A newspaperman of many years
experience, Mr.. Campbell vas WASH
ington correspondent for the Phila-
delphia Bulletin prior to becoming
public relations manager for the
United Fruit Co. here.
His body is at Gawler's funeral
home, 1765 Pennsylvania avenne
NV, but funeral arrangements
have not been completed.
Evening star., 1943-01-11
London Declares Action
Will Shock Country

TOPEKA, Kans., Jan. l1.-Alf M,
Landon, 1886 Republican presiden-
tial nominee. said today "The whole
country will be shocked" by the
appointment Of Edward j. Flynn,
national Democratic chairman, as
Minister to Australia.
Evening star., 1943-01-11

Philatelic note: The one stamp
always sure 10 be worth the price
paid Is the War savings stamp.
Buy It now.
Evening star., 1943-01-11
New York Bonk Stocks

NEW YORK. Jan IL R.-National Az.
soeiatton Securities Dealers. Inc:
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Russia, China, Japan

Although China is at war only with Japa
.nd Russia is at peace with her, the New Yor
Times foresees that when Hitler is overthrow
and Germany surrenders, Russia will extern
a helping hand to the Chinese if the terms G
the Moscow declaration are to h, fully carrie
Times, which says:
Although the Four-Power Declaration is
sued by the Moscow Conference in the
name of the United States, Q<eat Britain,
Russia and China takes full account of the
legal and military situation existing in the
Far East, it does provide for mutual aid
among all the four signatory nations, in
including China, which is waging war
against Japan only. How far such nu-
tual aid shall go IS, of course. a matter to
be determined according to the develop
ment OF the war. But the Declaration def
initely provides for Russia's participation
IN any new settlement in the Far East to
the exclusion of Japan, and it is only
reasonable to assume that when the time
comes. after the defeat of Hitler, Russia
will herself extend her aid to give greater
weight to her voice in that settlement.
The Declaration states, first. that the
four nations are united in their determi-
nation to continue hoStilitie. against
those Axis Powers with which they respec-
lively are at war until such Powers have
laid down their arms on the basis of uncon-
ditional surrender The word 'respec-
tively' releases Russia from active in
vehement in the Far Eastern war and
thereby takes account of the Russian-Jap-
anese neutrality pact of April Is, 1941,
IS well as of the fact that approximately
100000 Japanese troops are stationed on
the Siberian border, watching suspicious
ly for any sign of Allied prepar atoms to
establish air or landing bases in Siberia.
But the text also states that the four
Powers are conscious of their RESPONSE
bility to secure the liberation of themselves
and the peoples allied with them from the
menace of aggression" which says in so
many words that Russia is conscious of her
responsibility TO secure the liberation of
the Chinese people allied with her from
the menace of Japanese aggression. Fur
thermore, while the Declaration pledges
the four Powers to wage actua! war only
against their Irrespective enemies it al
so pledges them to united action in their
common cause, which is to be continued
for the organization and maintenance of
peace and security
1t is clear that. whatever depression in
views and interests may have separated the
four Powers at the beginning of the war,
the course of the war itself is inevitably
welding them together in ever tighter and
global unity.
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Put Capital To Work

Senator Joseph c. OMahoney ct Wyoming
has warned the Senates special postwar eco
nomic policy and planning committee that the
disaster this or any other nation ever has
suffered unless it finds ways to put private
capital to work after the war to j degree that
will provide full employment"
Mr. O'Mahoney's report is based in part on a
study he recently completed in West coast
states at the request of the committee. He
declared that failure to meet tn, objective he
set forth would mean the national economy
would inevitably be regulated to degree OBJ
noxlous to American citizens either by gov.
eminent agencies or private monopolies.
I'VE had to adopt totalitarian methods to
fight successfully" said the Senator. But
control OF our economic system has been con-
centrated, geographically and in industrial
units, to degree which has almost DESTROYED
the ability of states and other subdivisions to
protect the economic interests OF their citi.
zens. 1t is to be doubted if the country real.
ICES how the very basis of free economv
has been undermined"
On the matter of incentive taxation"-tax.
alton which encourages the esta Enlistment and
expansion of business-he said
IL we believe in tree enterprise we believe
IN the profit system If we believe in profits
we must make up our minds to make profits
possible by encouraging the owners of capital
10 risk its investment. There are two enc.
mics OF profit, the Socialist who would have
'ne State make the investments necessary to
Keep the economic machine running and the
n'ohopollst' who would prevent any but him.
sell from operating at profit
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Crisis In Transportation

Joseph B. Eastman, director OF the Office
of Defense Transportation, has given the New
England Shippers Advisory Board a compre-
hensive report on the state of the nation so far
as rail transportation is concerned. What he
told the New England shippers applies as well
to shippers in all other sections Of the country.
Up to now the railroads have done job that
can only be defined as 'superlative." But
the picture he paints of the future shows new
problems. Transportation demands are ris.
ing steadily. The next six months will be
critical. Winter is approaching. with ac-
companying efficiency destroying floods and
storms. A gasoline shortage is at hand, to
say nothing of tire shortages which mean that
trucks and buses will carry less and less OF
the transportation .oad. The marpower prob
lem is acute. And with respect to equipment.
the carriers have reached mere subsistence
level, because of inability to secure replace.
ments.
During the coming crisis every last ounce
of effort must go into squeezing still greater
service out of freight cars. In the opinion of
''ii' Aoo'iiioii' ~ Set oVel ule Aulllp OF the
next six months, know that the railroads and
shippers can pull their belts up a notch sit on
their hands, and do bit more OF the impos.
sible." That is the spirit that has met
and mastered the transportation problem SC
far, and it will do so in the future providing q
final warning from Mr.. Eastman is needed b,
the people: Il believe that the carriers car
maintain their excellent record without seriou,
flaw until the final day of victory. But the,
will need help
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Postwar Divorces

Inc expectation that divorces will incre.s.
A-'ei 'ne war Is based on the fact that even
III" more than one out of five marriages ends
III divorce. This is due to the many MARI. Ga.
contracted under the stress of wartime emo
"0'S couples now marrying in haste will di.
vorce at leisure
way 'ne same way after the former
"oiio war. The divorce rate jumped to the
'iiehest point on record Statisticians of tho
metropolitan Life Insurance COMPANY an.
iouhce mat between 1918 and 1920 the increase
was ~ per cent, with the rate in tho 1a+tor y..r
.0' per Lulu marriages. The situation was
INC same ABROAD In France the divorce rate
III lSzo was four times greater than in 1918
ana IN England and Germany three times more
than in 1918.
The statisticians believe. however. that the
increase IN births may tend to lesson postwar
divorces. Their bulletin saws:
Analysis shows that well over half the
number OF divorces granted dissolve families
IN Which no children are affected An addition
al fifth of the cases involve onlv one child.
rremarltal blood tests, which have become
mandatory in large number Of States.
nave had some effect in dsccura cling hastv
marriages. linen again, a large number of
men and women who have been exposed to
hardship and suffering during the war period
Will seek the shelter of normal family life
when peace returns. 1t is not expected, how
ever that these forces will altogether success
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QUOTATIONS

The boa constructor can swallow golf ball.
Next time you lose one, look for the snake
in the grass.
Letter combinations are common n e S e
days-OPA, FILA, etc.-but none so common
as the old lou.
The way the japanese left Kiska bears out
our contention that they are sneaky.
If we ever needed to have too much too
soon it is now.-WPB Chairman Donald M.
Nelson.
You can take my word for it, the gallant
fight of the 5th and 9th armies IN italy, Is
small enga cement compared TO the elganuc
expedition which will one day be set against
continental Europe.-Air Force Gen. Henry
Fl. Arnold.
The exploited people of the world have been
the illiterate people. Now men are learning
to read and write, and this movement to-
ward literacy is the most thrilling tnlng that
is happening in the world. The church should
be in this movement.-Dr. }. warren Hast
ings, Washington pastor.
CONGRESS must be ready to amend, restrict
or even to recall any authority 1t has granted
during the war emergency Ii ABUSE OF power
makes it essential. It. is the solemn respon-
sibility of Congress to revoke tnese powers
when the war is over.-Rep. Joseph w. Martin
Jr of Massachusetts.
As a result of photo reconnaissance maps
have been prepared for the second front. We
did part of the work The British did most
of it. These maps will be issued to the first
troops ashore Col. James Gooo"ln Hall,
back from Britain.
If here or there there is a coWardly midi
vdual who might put a comfortable II
above the honor and the future OF our people,
we are determined in the name OF the whole
German people to cut off his head-Nazi
Propa ganda Minister Paul Joseph GoeoDels.
If workers in plant pool their efforts and
ideas and find ways of getting out more stuff
per hour think wartime aona5eo msee may n
5 cen.;ye nlan which will reward and induce
constant corast imp Improvement -wPR Vice Chairman
Joseph D. Keenan,
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At The Crossing

There is complaint among some pedestrians
that some motorists do not give them right
OF way on the green light, as required by law.
but instead crowd them so close that acci.
dents are often avoided by tie narrowest
margin.
There is good reason for the comolai,t
Many motorists do push through pedestrian
groups when they nave no right to do SO at
great peril to persons afoot
It might be supposed that drivers accus-
toned to the curb on their carelessness inn.
posed by the traffic officers at regular periods
would in common courtesy give pedestrians
free passage at Intersections at all times. But
many do not, any more than many pedestrians
obey the signals when the officers are not
present
Hence this word Of caution and appeal in
the cause of traffic safety. addressed mutual.
ly to motorists and pedestrians, 10th of whom
are negligent.
Drivers should stop until pedestrians are
safely across the street. At the same time
pedestrians, one and all, should not daudle
but cross the street. or the green light only
at fair walking pace.
They are no less sinned against than sin.
Ing
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BY JOHN SELBY
"MY NATIVE LAND" by Louis
Adamic (Harpers: S2.75l.

Adamic (Harpers; S3.75).
my Native Land is seque
to Louis Adamic's ''The Natives
Return" and "Two-Way Passage, -
bringing the story of MI. Adamic'
thought up to date. Since he in
variably thinks about the foreign
elements in our population, having
made himself the intellectual fueh.
rer of the Balkan immigrant and
the Balkan at home, prospective
readers will have small difficulty
understanding what is in store for
them. This is Yugoslavia in the
war - how, when, why, where,
which and all the rest of it.
Several things come out of Mr..
Adamic's sprawling book. One Of
great Importance seems to be that
for all his effort to be just Ia
strong efforb he appears to be
more sympathetic to the Slovenes
and Croats thay to the Serbs
something that may perhaps be
due to his ancestry, since his
native village was in one or the
other OF the first two districts. and
ne went to school in Slovenia His
picture Is therefore very different
from Ruth MitchelPs; Miss Mitch
Ell appears to find the Serbs only
d step or two below the Apostles
announcer curious and certainlv
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actions in recent months raised
doubts in America. Our officials
were mystified. We were uncer.
tain what Russia intended to do
While the Moscow conference was
going on I saw an article in a
prominent American religious ma.
gazine which stated that if Hitler
could be removed from power
Stain would make treaty imme.
diately with the Nazis. The Mos.
cow pledge answers that kind oil
doubling.
Likewise, Moscow and Londor
must have had doubts about Am
erica's intentions after the war.
They know that the Senate pre-.
vented collaboration before. They
could see the political trend 60.
ing against the Administration. II
was reasonable for them to fear
that history might repeat itself.
Recently quibbling over the Con.
nally resolution might have seem.
ed the beginning of a second re-
treat into isolation.
We do not realize our strength
and the effect of our position on
the rest of the world. Our allies
know it far better than we do.
Churchill and Stain know what
our military production is. They
know the enormous number of
heavy bombers produced last
month, and the large number OF
P-3o fighters. They know that in
October we built literally a small
navy.
We are fulfilling astounding
lend-lease acquisitions for both at
our main allies. We are undertake.
ing special production Jobs thar
stagger the imagination of some
OF our best production men even
today.
Yet we have such abundance of
resources that large stockpiles
nave been accumulated in most
materials. In fact we are able 70
ease off now in production of COP.
per and aluminium. Bottlenecks in
production now are reduced to q
very few items.
Our allies know how irnnor+. -
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The Literary Guidepost

oebatable, Adamic finding is tina,
the United States and Great
Britain, particularly the second,
are the villains of the piece. We
want, he says, to keep the Balkans
IN a other for purposes of ex.
fploltation. which puts US onlv a
step or SO above Germany which
wants them for exactly the same
purpose. We are less BLOODY Mr.
Aoamlc constantly refers to his
4ugoslavian sources of informa-
tlon' yet he himself was confused
according to my Native Land ="
1or quite spell after this war
began. 1t is not too much to
imagine that Britain and ourselves
may have shared this obfuscation
Russia has the workable solu-
1lon Tor the nationalistic Balkan
problem. he believes, and he ar.
cues cogently for the proposition.
he is one of those who belabor
the Treaty of Versailles, and so
would annoy Lord Vansittart verv
much. He writes we'll all the time.
very well often, and beautifully
sometimes. His book is full of in
formation and the writing makes
1t most persuasive. And it is ex.
tremely timely because, for one
thing, it destroys utterly the idea
That the Italian army advanced
through Yugoslavia singing oper.
attic arias. They, too, murdered
~
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Adam And Fallen Man.
Is Subject Of Sermon

adam and Fallen Man. was
the subject of the lesson-sermor
IN all Christian Science churches
and societies on Sunday. Novem
Der z.
The Golden Text was from Isaiah
z. %. Cease We from man. whose
breath is in his nostrils: for where
in is he to be accounted off"
Among the citations which com
prlsed the lesson-sermon were the
following from the Bible: "Ano
God said, Let US make man in
our image, after our likeness: Sc
God created man in his own i'm.
age, in the image of God Great
ed he him; male and female Great.
ed he them. And God saw every.
thing that he had made, and. be.
hold, it was very good. But there
went UP a mist from the earth,
and Watered the whole face of the
ground. And the Lord God form.
ed man of the dust of the ground
and breathed into his nostrils the
breath of life; and man became
a living soul" Gen. l: 26 to q. 81
to Gen. Q: 6, y.
The lesson-sermon also included
the following passages from the
Christian ence textbook,
"Scienc and Health with Key tc
the Scriptures" by Mary Baker
Eddy: Throughout the first chap
ter of Genesis and in three verses
of the second, in what we I'M
derstand to be the spiritually scien-
tific account of creation,-it is
the Elohim (God) who creates.
From the fourth verse of chap
ter two to chapter five. the crea-
tor is called Jehovah, or the Lord.
The first record assigns all might
and government to God. and en-
dows man out of Gods perfec
ton and power. The second rec
ord chronicles man as mutable
and mortal. as having broken
away from Deity and as revolving
in an orbit Of his own. Existence.
separate from divinity, Science
explains as impossible. This Sec
end record Enthusiastically gives the
history of error in its externaliz-
ed forms, called life and intelli-
gence in matter pages 523, 522).
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it is to have such enormous mill
tary strength on the side of col
lective security, that without it no
collective security would be pos
sible any more than we could
hope for it with Russia refusing to
participate.
Thus the Senate, in making its
contribution now to the new hope
of collective security and peace,
is making it clear that something
broader than an administration
policy is being proclaimed. The
Senate's almost unanimous actor
makes the new policy a truly ma
tional one, with roots probably
deep enough to survive passing
political changes.
This is most decisive week ir
American history.
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Raymond Clapper Says:
Senators Were Speedy
In Approving War Pact

WASHINGTON.-Secondon only te
the Moscow agreement in con.
structive Importance is prompt
action by the Senate in approving
it.
The two events 60 together. The
Moscow agreement ended consid-
cradle doubt in America about
Russia's intentions. Senate approx
al of the Moscow agreements will
end doubts among other govern
ments about our intentions.
In fact, Senate approval of the
contribute materially to shorten
contributee materially to shorten
ing the war. 1t is likely to have
deep effect in Berlin. Hitler knows
just as well as we do that there
must be a general election in Am
erica year from now. He knows
that in the previous election the
Republicans made large gains and
that the results this week also are
sharply against the Roosevelt Ad-
ministration. Hitler could natural
ly assume that it might be worth
his while to try to hold on until
til next fall, to prolong the war
until the Roosevelt Administration
was defeated, in the hope that
more acceptable viewpoints might
prevail as a result of a Democrat
ic political defeat.
A spanking declaration by the
Senate, joined in by most of the
Republicans as well as the Demo-
Gratis makes it impossible for Hit
Ter to delude himself that there is
any chance of American changing
its policy to make peace less Sc
we're on the Nazis.
German propaganda can make
no effective use of American cleo
ton results, nor of the Senate S
past isolationism, in the face of
an overwhelming Senate vote of
approval for the heart of the Mos
COW declaration.
1t is useful for the Senate to act
also to reassure our allies.
We know how disturbing it can
be to have unanswered doubts
about an ally. Some of Russia's
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Daily Prayer
FOR VICTORY PRAYERS

Thou hast given the United Ma
tons great victories, o Almighty
God, and other singular evidences
ct Thy father care. Now we Be
seech Thee to fill all hearts VIII
the consciousness of our utter
pendence upon Thee. IntensiflT
spirit of prayer amongst the "
rle. May the faith-filled petite
for victory and Christian pea"
ascend to Thy throne in incFeE
ing volume and faith. Make bar
Thy mighty arm, to dem0nsr.'
that the issues of this war M|
righteousness are with Thee. f0l
slve our sins, which have so gFlsy
ously interviewed between us an'
Thee; and, in solemn contrib"
make us humble and trustlul suP
plants before Thy mercy sea-
And the glory shall be lnlD''
Amen.-W. T. E.