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Evening star., 1943-07-10

der the German heel and that there
was no France except for the per
cent outside the European continent.
He said he did not think the ques-
tion Of recognizing the Liberation
Committee had come up.
British Acquiesce.
Thus Gen. de Gaulle goes unrec-
oenized and Gen. Giraud seems
destined to return to Africa without
having his own political position i'm
proved. He has maintained that he
is interested solely in military af-
fairs, but the complaint is made that
Gen. de Gaulle has political aspira-
tions which interfere with Gen.
Giraud's plans.
The British government has acQui-
esced officially in the American view,
but certain of its spokesman say 1t Is
incorrect to report that Great Brit
ain Is abandoning Gen, de Gaulle.
Prime Minister Churchill is willing
to follow the Washington French
policy, authorities report, but For
elgn Minister Eden remains person.
ally loyal to Gen. de Gaulle, the re-
port adds.
The Associated Press disclosed
there are reports In London that
Gen. Giraud might visit there on
his way back to North Africa.
Giraud to Go to New York.
The general had dinner at the
White House last night as Mr..
Roosevelt's guest. He is to 60 to
New York next week tor ceie-
bration of Bastille Day July 1.-THE
great French holiday.
Meanwhile, 1t was reported today
that Martinique, French possession
in the Caribbean, will snap its last
ties with Vichy and line up with the
Allies in a few days.
A French source who preferred to
be anonymous said that Henri
Etienne Hoppenot. designated as
plenipotentiary, probably would
leave here this week end to take
over Martinique and Guadaloupe
from the Vichy high commissioner,
Admiral Georges Robert. The COM
missioner asked that change of
authority be effected.
1t is also possible, this source said,
that Vice Admiral Robert Battet
would accompany Capt. Robert
Lambert, commander OF the battle
ship Richelieu, to take charge Of the
three French warships and several
merchant vessels in the Martinique
Harbor.
Evening star., 1943-07-10
French African Group
Nof a Government,
Their Leaders Admit

BY the Associated Press.
ALGIERS, July 10. Oncial
French quarters here asserted today
that the French Committee of Ma
tional Liberation never had en-
visioned itself as the government Of
France.
The statement YVES made in COM
ment on remarks President Roose-
welt made yesterday at press con-
ference In Washington indicating
that as long as the French people
were dominated by Germany the
United States could not recognize
the committee or any other organi-
cation as Frances governing power.
The committee hopes to be recog-
nized as trustee government for
the French Empire and as q power
directing the French war effort, in
formed quarters said.
One authoritative source said
committee leaders have declared
both publicly and privately that the
final choice for the Government
must be left until the people of
Metropolitan France are able to
express their will freely.
Meanwhile, it was learned that
the Franc d'Afrique Corps. which
fought alongside the American 9th
Division in the coastal drive on
Bizerte and captured more than
20 200 Axis prisoners will be trans
ferred from Gen. Henri Giraud's
command to that of Gen. Charles
de Gaulle.
The corps is composed Of de
Gaullist sympathizers who volun-
teered for front line service soon
after the Allied landings in North
Africa. During the Tunisian CAM
paign it saw action under Gen. Cir
auds field commander, Gen. Alfonso
JUN.
Arrangements for the corps
transfer to de Gaulle's forces was
reported agreed upon by the French
Permanent Military Committee.
The French Commissiariat of For
eign Affairs has asked Robert
Murphy, United States Minister to
French North Africa, to transmit a
message of appreciation to the
United States Government for un-
freezing enough French funds in
the United States to provide 300 900
Red Cross packages to be sent to
French prisoners of war.
Evening star., 1943-07-10
Political PossibiIitie!
OF Giraud Mission
Believed Blasted
BY BLAIR BOLLES.

Any political hopes which Gen
Henri Honore Giraud may nave
brought with him appeared dead to-
day in view of President Roosevelt's
strong indication the United States
will not recognize the French COM
mittee of National Liberation, of
which Gen. Giraud is co-president
with Gen. Charles de Gaulle.
However, the Giraud mission ap-
parently is destined to be military
success. The general told press
conference in the Pentagon Building
yesterday he came to get American
arms for a French expeditionary
force of 300, ,00G men, and only few
formalities repeatedly are needed be-
fore the arms are put at his disposal.
AngIo-U. S. Strain Threatened.
The mission is threatening a new
strain in Americana British rela-
tions as three liberal British week
lies, rejecting various phases of
British public opinion, criticized the
Allied handling of the French po-
litical situation. The New States
man and Nation called the invita-
ton to Gen. Giraud to visit the
United States a 'maladroit act"
The Tribune, leftist labor publica-
ton, said, according to the Asso-
ciated Press. at the moment Amer
ican interests pipe the tune and
British policy dances accordingly"
The Spectator, In an article by
Harold Nicolson, M. P. and ad-
wiser on foreign propaganda broad
casts to the British Broadcasting
Co, said unfortunately" the solu-
ton of the French problem has
been intrusted to people who are
either pot European or not diplo-
matic"-in other words, the United
States.
Viewed as Nominee"
The invitation to Gen. Giraud
from the United States makes Gil
raud look, however little he may de-
serve the suspicion, like the noml-
nee of foreign power" the New
Statesman and Nation wrote.
A difference OF opinion between
b1iS OIlbeQ 0ldLcS ana STI6at bTlCalD
developed last winter when the
French difficulty began as an on
shoot OF the invasion of North AZ
rica.
The British committed themselves
In 1910 to support of Gen. de Gaulle,
while the American Government, in
series of developments. chose Gen
Giraud last year as its French mill
tary prop. Gen. de Gaulle and the
British thought the Fighting French
leader deserved the position for
which Washington selected Gen.
Giraud - French commander of
troops collaborating with the Allies
In North Africa.
The view in American official
quarters today is that Gen. de Gaulle
is master of the situation, despite
American efforts to curb his in
f1uence, it is said authoritatively.
President Roosevelt told his press
conference yesterday that he sus-
pected 95 per cent of France was un-
Evening star., 1943-07-10
| Decorum Winks
las Court Works
| In ShirtsIeeves

Courtroom etiquette received a
rude setback in Judge Nathan Mar
COLDS court yesterday. The magis-
trate, sweltering in the non-air-
conditioned courtroom, removed his
coat. revealing a natty blue polo
shirt.
Il think we'll all get our work
done more quickly if we work in our
shirtSleeves, said the judge. Crate
full males in the court Immediately
followed Judge Margold,s example
Necessary equipment needed to re-
pair Municipal Courts cooling sys-
tenn cannot be obtained because Of
wartime restrictions.
Evening star., 1943-07-10
.Wor-CIosed Newspapers
Have Postui Fee Waived
NV the Associatsd pras.

BY The Associated Press.
Newspapers and other periodicals
ceasing publication because of war
time conditions may resume after
the war without paying the usual
fee for restoration of their second
class mail privileges, under legisia-
ton signed yesterday by President
Roosevelt.
To get this benef1t. however, the
resumed publication must begin
within six months following explra-
ton of the war.
Evening star., 1943-07-10
Special Stomp Issued

Mexico has issued special stamps
to commemorate the 400th anniver-
sary of San Miguel Allende, vener-
able Guanajuato city.
Evening star., 1943-07-10

The best way to root for victory
is to dig deep into that pocketboOk
or purse and buy War savings
stamps
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-30
laps Mapping New
Eastern Offensive?

WASHINGTON, April 80 up
Abrupt dimunition of Japanese
aerial aggresSiveneSS in the Aus
tralian and SolomonS areas and
evidence that the japanese are
pulling back some Of their shipping
led experts to speculate today that
the enemy may be preparing for a
new operation.
American activity in the south
Pacific, especially the recent in
cursions into the Japanese-con-
trolled Gilbert islands, might be a
factor in the japanese moves. Oc-
c,IpatiOn of the Ellice islands, close
to the Gilberts, and attacks on
enemy bases at Nauru and TaraWa
in the GilbcrtS, may be worrying
The Japanese.
Information received here indi-
Gates that the Japanese have dis
continued their efforts to supply
bases in the southwest Pacific.
Fewer supply Ships are being run
into Madang and WcWak, Japanese
bases on northwestern. New Guinea.
But of even greater interest is
the reported reduction of enemy
ship concentrations at Rabaul, New
Britain island and Kavieng. New
Ireland island. The enemH has
been known to concentrate as many
as 60 ships at Rabaul alone.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-30

wearing between scenes of Let's
Face It." Let's face it," said
Crosby, those pads would make
swell hangers for carrier pigeons.
Hey, what ever happened to the
gangster film? Why nothing. Once
supposed to be permanently pigeon
holed in the interest Of the public
morals. or something, the good old
cops-and robbers theme is flourish
ing with renewed vigor in freshly
fertilized soil -- the international
scene. Take, for example, Para
mounts Hostages" Although a
dramatic story of Prague under the
Nazi yoke, 1t boasts all the features
Of the gangster epic-the ransom
money. the wholesale liquidations,
the rival mobsters who rub each
other out, the hand-in- n-the-pocket-
pointing concealed gun, the body
discovered when the lights go on,
the cars squealing around corners
(only not so much, on account OF
rubber and the good old, dear old
infallible chase. Instead of hailing
from Cicero, the screen gangsters
of today are now the Nazis, the
Japs and Benito's boys. They may
he wearing uniforms. but they're
still gangsters in gangster films.
Universals film about American
children too young for duty with
the armed forces, but still active in
the war effort John Doe, Junior" ="
The Dead End kids gone straight?
Myrna 10y and M-G-M bury
ing the hatchet after two-year
feud over the studios choice of
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-30
Americans Pound
Four jap Bases

WASHINGTON, April 30.-(UP)
American flierS have pounded
four Japanese bases in the Solo,
mons in their continuing aerial Of
fensive to keep the enemy pinned
down behind their Southwest Pa
Cjfic defense line, the navy reported
today.
American troops on Guadalcanal
wiped out a Japanese patrol of
one officer and eight men seeking
to escape from the island at point
about 25 miles southwest of Hen
derson Airfield
There was no information to in
dictate whether these Japanese had
been recently landed or were strag-
glerS who had been hiding out in
the hills since collapse of enemy re-
sistance on the island in early Feb
ruary.
Targets of the American aerial
attacks were the Japanese bomber
base at Kahili on Bougainville is
land, Gatere and Pelpeli on Kolom-
bangara island. and Munda, the
enemyS central SolomonS air base.
All our planes returned from these
operations.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-30

the Russians began an expected
large scale offensive against the
Axis bridgehead in the Northwest
Caucasus yesterday morning, but
claimed that the initial Soviet at
tack had been thrown back.
(The offensive was directed
mainly against German positions
on both sides of Krymskaya, 16
miles northeast of NovoroSsisk.
Black Sea naval base. the broad
cast said0
The quickening tempo of the air
warfare over the Taman peninsula
was believed 10 presage large-scale
ground operations. either by the
Russians in an effort to wipe out
the Axis bridgehead or by the Ger
mans to enlarge their toehold as
a prelude to a summer offensive.
However, the Soviet high command
failed to mention the Caucasus in
either it's Thursday midnight COM
munique or today'S midday COM
muniqIe.
Front reports said the Germans
were attempting mass air raids on
the Soviet positions and on the So
Wet base at Krasnodar, while the
Red air force struck back with
bombing raids of its own.
Only small-scale ground fighting
was reported along the entire
legth of the 1800-mile front.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-30

that mot many days separate us
from big and stormy events"
THE month of May will mark
the beginning of the spring and
summer campaign Izvestia said.
This May we are on the threS-
hold of the decisive stage of our
sacred war of liberation"
IN SIMILAR VEIN
In similar vein, Emilien Yaro-
slavSky declared in a broadcast over
a local network that big land op-
erations in Russia are only mat
ter of weeks, perhaps days, away
Field reports said that Red air
force pilots shot down lie German
planes in air combats Wednesday
and Thursday over the Northwest
Caucasus alone. Forty-five Rus
sian planes were lost.
"a Transocean dispatch broad
cast by Radio Berlin claimed that
SO Soviet planes were shot down
yesterday "in the course of maSsed
attacks" centering largely in the
Kuban area. The Nazis set Soviet
plane losses on Wednesday at A.
MASS AIRCRAFT
"a British broadcast recorded by
CHS said the Germans had sent
Mark vi Tiger tanks to the Rus
sion front and "masSed hundreds
of aircraft trying to save their
northwest Caucasus bridgehead.
"a German broadcast said that
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-30
Jops Kept Busy
Protecting Cain

ers dropped explosives and incen-
diaries on the seaplane base at
Amboina, $50 miles northwest of
Darwin. Australia, yesterday, prob
ably shooting down two of Is inter-
Cepting zerOS.
SUPPORT GROUND FORCES
British planes supported ground
forces in Burma, where sharp en-
counters between small contingents
may be building toward a show
down on the British effort to main
tain their lines in the Arakan sec
tor. Recent encounters left the
general positions unchanged. New
Delhi communique said.
While Allied reports told Of con-
tinuous successful attacks on the
Burma-China Japanese bases, the
Japanese appeared to be developing
an air offensive In China to go
with their periodic land thrISts.
Chungking reported 81 raiders hit
Lingling in South Human province
yesterday and were intercepted by
Allied forces. Eighteen Japanese
planes bombed Yunnanyi Tuesday
and 40 hit Running on Wednes-
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-30
U.S.. 'Paralyzed'
By Subs Says Ley
BY UNITED PRESS

The United States has been
"paralyzed" by Germans u boat
successes, DR.. Robert Ley, Nazi
labor front leader, told the German
people Friday in a May day mes
sage.
Britain cannot escape her fate
and the United States is completely
paralyzed by the packs of gray
wolves Of the sea-" Ley said. 8.
The U-boat. above ALL is the most
deadly weapon of this second world
war"
"One day" he said, Britain will
have to face the alternative either
to capitulate or starve. and the
United States will not be able to
help her. The battle on the
ocean will be won, and we have
every chance of winning it, We can
10 longer be taken by surprise"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-30

3izcrte and 33 miles northwest of
Tunis.
Capture of the northeast slope of
Djebel Sidi Meftah, seven miles east
southeast of Sidi N'Sir, Wednesday
gave the Americans a commanding
position which may be exploited
when they reach the opposite slope
because of its dominating location
on the southern side of the road
running TO Tebourba.
The location of the Eighth
Army's attack was not given in the
communique, but it was believed
to be in the general area north of
Enfidaville, As miles south of Tu-
mis-. An enemy counter-attack in
the same sector achieved slight
success, the communique said.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-30
JofXsou 5fSX!e5 i'm Hollywood

roles for her. She'll return as
Nora opposite William Powell In u
revival of the Thin Man series.
Fred Astaire's bar dance in his
latest RKO filmusical, The Sky's
the Limit" It's the most spectac-
ular of his celluloid dance routines.
He performs atop a night club bar
and then breaks 2400 glasses, kick
ine and breaking them in rhythm
To save film tand glasses, they
rehearsed he intricate routine for
a week, and then filmed lhe entire
sequence in two days.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-30
Giraud, DeGauILe
Near Agreement

LONDON, April 0.-OUP)-Gen.
Henri Honore Giraud and Gen.
Charles De Gaulle are close in
agreement between their French
factions for united war effort, it
was believed today after Giraud is
sued an invitation to the Fighting
French leader for a conference.
1t was understood Giraud pro-
posed they meet at some undisclos-
ed location in French territory be-
sides AlgierS. Observers believed
the invitation would not have been
made if an agreement was to be de-
layed indefinitely.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-30
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Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-30
CONCENTRATE STRENGTH

The Germans concentrated their
main armored and infantry
strength against British troops on
Djebel Bou Aoukaz, II miles north
east of Medjez Ell Bah and last
big barrier to the plain stretching
to Tunis, 81 miles to the east.
Front dispatches said that the
British at one time Wednesday
reached the crest of Djebel Bou
Aoukaz, only to be thrown back
slightly by heavy German at
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-30

tack
Today's Allied communique said
bitter fighting continued through
out yesterday on the First Army
front.
with the exception of one small
gain III the Medjerda area, all at
tacks were repulsed with heavy
loss to the enemy and our forward
positions were maintained the
communiquc said.
EDGE CLOSER
On the northern front, Ameri-
can doughboys were edging closer
to Jeffna, II miles from Mateur
junction, which already was Under
Allied artillery fire, and Tebourba,
IL miles west northwest of Tunis
Mateur is 20 miles southwest of
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-30
RonlmeI's Losses
Set at 100000
BY UNITED PRESS

The British radio said Friday
that Marshal Erwin Rommel's Af-
rika Korps had lost 100000 men
since it landed in Africa two years
ago, exclusive of Italian losses and
those by the Germans in North
west Africa.
The broadcast recorded by CHS,
said $4,000 of Rommel'S men were
captured, 10000 killed and 10000
wounded or knocked out by ill
ness
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-30
Hirohito Has
42nd Birthday
BY UNITTD PRESS

Tokyo radio Friday reported cele-
hrations throughout Japan yester-
day on the And birthday of EN-
perior Hirohito, including a two
hour military parade in the capi-
tai watched by the ruler.
japanese propaganda. recorded
by the us. foreign broadcast in
telligence service, said that amneS-
ty was extended to $4,000 prison.
ers in occupied areas in honor of
the anniversary, and various sta
tionS renewed their uslsal prom
ises of victory over the United
States, China and Britain.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-30
PRODUCTION SPEEDED

WATERTOWN,, Mass, April 30.
-CUP)-Coast artillery gun pro-
duction at the massive Watertown
arsenal has been speeded up nearly
16 times through a revolutionary
centrifugal casting process which
took Is years TO develop, il was dis
closed today.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-30

A new executive at one of the
studios quit MS Job in a huff the
other day, checking off the lot at
noon and forgetting his hat in his
hurry. It's the most amusing
story Of the year. Seems the eXecu-
tive was one of those guys who was
always taking credit Tor every
thing in Hollywood from Louis b.
Mayer to Mickey Mouse. Mention
the name of any star-and he dis
covered 'em. Mention a picture
and he helped write the story Etc,
etc. The routine was slowly driving
the studio boss nuts, SO one day he
went to the prop department, pick
cd up a flock of medals and put
them in drawer of his desk. Next
time the executive started boasting
about his achievements, the studio
boss said: That's wonderful. You
deserve a medal" Then he reached
into his desk, pulled out a medal
and pinned it on the executive S
chest. After receiving three medals,
The executive fled from the lot
Jack Carson just turned down a
$25,000 personal appearance tour
He'll tour army camps for the
Hollywood Victory Committee in
stead. Bella Lugosi is returning
to The eastern stage in another re-
he got all those ideas for his short
he got al lthose ideas for his short
subjects on dogs, Pete Smith said ::
It's so per cent warp and so per
cent wool Woof." Bing Crosby
was startled, but not speechless
when Bob Hope asked him his
opinion of new sport coat he was
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-30
RY UNITED PRESS

Air thrusts throughout the Pa
cific area kept the japanese busy
protecting their hard-won bases
Friday while brisk localized fight
ing continued between British and
enemy forces in Burma.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur'S bomb
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-30
Russ Front Ready
To Blaze up Anew

MOSCOW, April 80. (UP)-Atral combats over the
Russian front reached high pitch today and official
warned that ground battles which may decide the
whole in the east imminent.
The government newspaper Izvesta said in an editorial
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-30
Nozis Try Desperately 70
Stem Ally Counterottocks
ALLIED QUARTERS

ALLIED H HEADQ UARTERS
North Africa, April 30.-UP)-
Massed German tanks and infan-
try, battling desperately to prevent
an Allied break-through onto the
TuniS plain, hammered necessarily
yesterday at newly-won British po-
sitionS on the Medjez Ell Bah front,
but apart from one small gain were
repulSed everywhere, a communique
announced today.
While the British First Army abb
sorbed some of the heaviest Axis
attacks since the start of the battle
of Tunisia, the Second US. Army
corps in the north and the British
Eighth Army in the southeast in
cled forward in local advances.
ITALIANS CLAIM SUCCESS
Can Italian communlque broad
cast by the Rome radio, said re-
newed Allied attempts to force
Axis lines were frustrated by the
"valorous" Italo-German defensel
(The German Transocean News
agency SAID that SO British ana
American armored vehicles had
been destroyed in the Mediez-El-
Bah fighting, boosting to 81 the
number of Allied tanks destroyed in
that area. Nazi giant Mark VI
tanks were participating, the broad
cast said, and had destroyed 25 AL
lied tanks.
(The British radio reported from
TuniSia that the Axis was still
sending supplies and men to Tu-
nisia, moving them across the Sici-
liam straits on moonless nights.)
Allied planes and light coastal
forces, teaming with new attacks
aimed at whiting down the enc
my's sea and air power, sank at
least four ships in the Sicilian mar
rows and Grlf of Tunis and shot
down 16 aircraft.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-30
A Thorough Job From Beginning to End
o Tire Inspection

This is the first and very important ste D
Tires are placed on a spreader and careful y
examined, inside and out, to determine
whether there are any breaks not ordinar y
visible. Recapping a tire with a cut will not
give good service.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-30

Small repairs such as cuts and bruises should
be taken care OF at once. Continuous riding
on a small cut will permit it to develop and
grow to the extent that the entire casing may
be worthless.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-30

Cement must be carefully applied smooth y
and evenly and must be done in room tha I
is dustproof and where no foreign matter:
may come in contact with the tire This K,
important so the rubber may adhere properl' 7
during its time of service