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Food Administration
10 PAW for
Gasoline for Farmers
Shortage Spreading os
Maryland Situation Is
Termed Desperate

The farm fuel shortage was
spreading to Southern Virginia and
Delaware today, while the situation
was described as "desperate' in most
OF Maryland where thousands of
acres of war crops went implanted
for lack OF gasoline to operate
stalled farm machinery.
Meantime, these two develop
ments were disclosed in Washing
ton:
l. The War Food Administration
has appealed to the Petroleum Ad-
ministration for War to take steps
assuring farmers in the East sup
plies to carry on their Operations.
2. PAW was reported drawing up
an order clarifying last Fridays
edict giving farmers the same pref
erence as the Army and Navy in
getting gasoline, following reports
that fuel distributors were not re-
leasing supplies on the grounds the
order applied to the retail level
rather than the wholesale distrib-
utor level.
Losses Listed.
An ofIicial in VIA took the stand
that the new pleasure driving ban
ordered last night was lust one
step in getting fuel to farmers" and
would not solve the distribution
problem.
The Southern States Cooperative
reported that In one Eastern Shore
,County-Queen Anne-3,168 acres
OF tomatoes, 5,8l4 acres of sugar
corn. $1,000 acres of field corn and
11,113 acres of soybeans remained
implanted this week for lack. of
operating equipment. Unless fuel
is forthcoming. in the next few days,
it will be too late to plant the crops,
the county agent informed the CO.
operative
The cooperative said its fuel
plants at Culpeper and Ckarlottes-
vile, Va, were dry, and that the
supply at Fredericksburg would be
exhausted by noon today.
Three large farm operators In
Fairfax County wired Food Admin
istrator Chester c. Davis last night
to use the influence of his ONCE in
making gasoline available to farm
ers. THE supply situation must be
relieved at once, or we will face a
serious shortage in food production, u
they said.
Cite Immediate Needs.
weather conditions and shortage
OF farm labor make it necessary that
every available tractor be used every
hour of the day during the next two
weeks" they said.
kilograms were sent by A. Smith
Bowman, owner of a 4,000-acre farm
at Sunset Hills: A. H. Chilcott, op-
orator of large orchard at Vienna
and Roy Money. owner of 175-acre
farm, also at Vienna.
The Maryland Agriculture De-
partment War Board described the
situation in that State as desperate.
Four tank truck loads of gasoline
arrived in Carroll County, appar-
emily the only county in Maryland
with any relief, but it was said to be
only temporary.
VIA reported Delaware farmers
were "besieging" State War Boards
for assistance in getting gas to run
their tractors. The situation is no
better of in other Eastern States,
a VIA spokesman said.
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American Flyers Drop
100 Tons Of Bombs on
Jap Bases in Burma
Facilities Are BIosted
Heavily in l75-MiIe
Stretch on Irrowoddy
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW DELHI, India, May 20.-
Sharply stepping up the bomb
ing of Japanese positions in
Burma, the 10th United States
Army Air Force has announced
that a record-breaking total OF
more than 100 tons of explo-
sives were rained on enemy sup
ply stocks, fuel depots and rail-
road facilities in q 175-mile
stretch of the 1rrawaddy River
Valley Tuesday.
Huge fires were left burning in q
stretch Of the valley lying 100 miles
below Mandalay and $50 miles above
Rangoon, in Central Burma.
Not one of the heavy Liberators or
the medium bombers that went out
on the mission failed to return.
Rail Installations Bombed.
Prelude to the new blistering at
tacks leveled against the Japanese
Tuesday was Monday raid by me-
dium bombers on railway trains and
buildings at Monywa, on the Chind-
win River, so miles northwest of
Mandalay. Raids also were made
last week end on Japanese head
quarters at Myitkyina, where IA tons
of bombs were dropped squarely on
the target area, and on Prone, which
got single load of 18 tons Of bombs.
Prone, $50 miles north of Ran
goon, was one of the principal OBJ
jectives Of Tuesdays heavy bombers.
which dropped a total Of 81 tons of
bombs over all Of their targets. The
medium bombers carried the total
past 100 tons.
The communique said tracks, roll
ing stock and warehouses were de-
stroyed and a large fire burned fu-
riously" after pin-point assault on
Prone.
Forty miles north, heavy bombers
dropped all their missiles in the
target area at Thayetmyo and
huge columns of black smoke ris-
ing three miles into the air indi-
Gated big fuel dump was among
the targets destroyed" the war
bulletin said.
Direct Hits Scored.
1.-TWO heavy bomber formations
concentrated their attack on the
supply center at Minbu, five miles
northwest Of Magwe. in a path
across the target" the communique
declared. THE majority (of hits)
were directly on large installations
in the central section" Minbu is
on the west bank Of the Irrayaddy,
81 miles north Of Thayetmyo.
Three large fires were seen and
smoke was visible so miles from the
target" it was added. THE sec
ond flight reports similar destruc-
tive effect. Crews OF this night 100
miles away saw smoke from fires
started by their bombs"
One formation OF medium bomb.
ers dropped explosive and incendi-
ary bombs on warehouses, supply
dumps and oil field storage tanks
at Chauk, 81 miles north of Minbu,
and other medium bombers struck
at Lanywa, north Of Chauk. .'-.. F..
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Nazi Hit-Run Raids VI
May Be Prelude 10 Y.
Big Punch at London
Civil Defense Units
Tighten Up, Expecting
Renewed Assault
By the Associated Press.

6y the AoD0c1hUeo PfeSS. -.
LONDON, May 2o.-sober judg.
ment In London held to the view
today that enemy aerial stahs at
this city during the last four nights,
although Intellectual in themselves,
might be a prelude to Germany's
final punch at Britain from the
air.
Civil defense units accordingly
have taken up the slack that has
been allowed to develop since the
mass Nazi raids Of 1910 and 1s41 =,
were broken up by the Raj.
Although taking with a grain OF
salt Berlin radio boast that the
raids were merely reconnaissance
flights preparatory to a determined
attack on Britain, air observers
acknowledged that the German air
force undoubtedly still has suf1-
cient strength to cause plenty of
damage here.
Hit t-and Run Attacks.
The quick hit-and-run attacks be-
ginning Sunday night were made by
only few planes, however.
Lord Haw-Haw," the British sub
ject who has been broadcasting for
the German Propaganda Ministry
since the beginning Of the war, said
in Berlin broadcast that the Ger
man raids were preparatory to an
"all-out" air attack on Britain, and
that almost every German plane car
ried high officer Of the German Air
Force to spot targets and observe
British defenses.
The German operations Of the last
few nights have differed greatly
from the attacks Of 1910 and 1941.
when the enemy raids sometimes
lasted from dusk to dawn and high
explosives and incendiaries were
dropped from many planes over
broad areas.
Fighter Bombers Used.
In the assaults on London this
week, the Germans have not used
incendiaries and have employed
fighter-bombers rather than bomb
ers. The visits have been short and
the enemy bombs have been dropped
seemingly at random, particularly in
the London area.
The technique of this new phase
has been similar to that followed in
attacks on Algiers and other North
African ports, which frequently
were under alert two or three times
night during the Tunisian CAM
paign. Britain has been bathed in
bright moonlight since Sunday.
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had served as an officer in the Cadet
Corps. In 1941 he was graduated as
the honor student of the ROTC
class at Georgetown University.
Given commission in the Army
following his graduation, he was one
of fewer than so students in the
United States to achieve that dis
tinction.
At Georgetown Capt. Beall won
the Father OLeary Cup for excel
lence in military science. Commits
stoned a second lieutenant, he was
assigned to Fort Bragg, N. c., at
tended South Carolina maneuvers.
was graduated from the rifle and
heavy weapons company officers
course at Fort Benning, Ga, and, on
his return to Fort Bragg, became the
youngest company commander of
the 9Th Division.
He went overseas in September,
1912, first to Ireland and then to
North Africa, where he landed with
the first invasion forces on Novem-
Der 8. He engaged in action at that
time on the coast Of Algeria.
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Congress in Brief
BY the Associated Press.

BY tne Associated PRESS.
Senate:
May vote on. independent Offices
appropriation bill and on extension
OF Guffey Coal Act.
Senate and House conferees seek
agreement on pay-asyou-go tax
bill.
Senate and House conferees meet
on War Department civil functions
appropriation bill.
House:
Considers $2s, 900 900 900 naval and
$72 100000 Interior Department sup
ply bills.
Smith Committee continues in
vestigation of rent control.
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Burlington Hotel Rent
Hearing Postponed

Hearing Of the Burlington Hotel
rent case, scheduled today, was
postponed until Saturday to permit
counsel for the hotel and its tenants
to seek settlement or dismissal of
the case.
Arthur c. Moses, proprietor, filed
petitions with the rent control ad-
ministrator last November seeking
an increase in rents from about so
permanent guests at the hotel.
The tenants are led by Repre-
sentative Jarman Of Alabama, who
has lived at the hotel for several
years. Settlement or dismissal of
Mr.. Moses petition is expected to be
announced Saturday.
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area, I n e war
Department has
advised his par
ents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John C. w.
Beall, 5475 Ne
braska avenue
NV.
Member OF a
" e ii KIN o W n
family that has
lived in this city
for several gen.
erations, Capt.
Beall was grad
uated in 1927
from Western
Hiph whore ba
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Money Reclaimed From Book

After $4,000 books had been sorted
and put in huge pile of sacks dur
ing book drive in Smethwick, Eng
land, a man reported he had left a
large amount of paper money in one
book, and the money was found for
him.
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Multer, East Orange, N. j., president
general; Judge Benjamin H. Powell,
Austin, Tex, chancellor general, and
George S. Robertson, Baltimore, who
was reelected to the Office of treas
urer general.
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There are more than 10 conven-
lent branch offices for Star Want
Ads located throughout the city.
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Jap Air Strength Reported
Doubled in New Britain
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
Japanese air strength In New
Britain has been practically doubled
in the last five months, Col. Fred
eric H. Smith reported yesterday, es-
timating the enemy now has roughly
a 2-to-l numerical superiority over
the Allies in the Southwest Pacific.
Col. Smith. chief of staff of the
5th Air Force and commander of
the Buna Air Task Force, playing a
leading part in planning the battle
of the Bismarck Sea in March,
expressed belief the increase of
Japanese air strength was strate-
gically defensive development, but
added, Il may we'll be wrong"
Col. Smith won the Distinguished
Service Medal for his staff work
during the Papuan campaign in
New Guinea between last August
and January.
Col Smith, whose home is at 4434
Fulton place NV, is a West Point
graduate, and won his wings at
Brooks and Kelly Fields. He served
In the Panama Canal Zone, Kelly,
Langley and Mitchell Fields before
going to New Guinea last August.
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Capt. J. P. Bea||, II.
Killed in North Africa
Georgetown Student
Went Directly to Army

Capt. John Paul Beall, %, honor
student of Western High School and
Georgetown University. was killed in
action April Is in the North African
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District Man Reelected
Secretary General

Frank B. Steele, 1927 Sixteenth
street NV, was reelected to the
Offices of secretary general and reg
istrar general OF the Sons of the
American Revolution at the groups
54th annual congress in New York
yesterday.
Mr.. Steele, who came to Wash
ington from Buffalo. N. Y, in 1927
has held the position Of secretary
general Of the national organization
since 1923 and that of registra.. gen.
eral since 1898.
Other officers elected at the an
nual congress included: Smith L..
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locality is to be favored at the ex-
| pepSa of orofhor

locality is to be favored at the ex-
pense of another.
Federal Ownership Feared.
"The railroads are apparently to
be taken over by national trans
portation agency which shall also
control the bus lines, air transport
and pipe lines. The whole effect of
the report on transportation is Gov
ernment ownership.
1T is suggested also that there
be mixed corporations extended to
manufacture aluminium. magnesium,
synthetic rubber, chemicals. ship
building and aircraft. I think l
need hardly point out that once the
Government enters an industry the
days of private enterprise are over.'
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BIGGEST AMERICAN RAID ON BURN1A-Heavy and medium
bombrs OF the 10th American have delivered their
biggest load of bombsmore than 100
stalatons at Lanywa Chauk Minbu Thayemyo and Prone
arroWs on the 1rrawaddy River in Burma action Tuesday
was preceded by weekend raids japanese headquarters
Mytkyina, Monywa and Prone (underlined).
d Uira
Evening star., 1943-05-27

sissippi south of st. Louis still held
the attention of soldiers and en-
gineers The river continued to
drop at the Missouri metropolis,
touching 37.7 feet last night, drop
of Z of foot in. "a hours.
The Mississippi at Cape Girar-
deau, Mo. reached 423 feet this
morning, topping the record of 4219
which had stood since 1874. But
only the lower part of the city, al
ready flooded, was affected Work.
men continued sandbagging the
city's electric plant and power was
maintained. The only other indus
try in danger was the Marquette
cement plant.
In the Wolf Lake IllD district,
125 miles south of St. Louis, the
Mlssissippis overflow swept into the
Atlas Powder Co. plant yesterday
and production was halted.
On the Illinois River Beardstown
remained in danger as the waters
of it's concrete seawall built to with
stand 30-foot flood stage Sand
bags have been stacked along the
top OF the barrier With $500 of
the towns $500 inhabitants evacu-
ated 1000 Army and defense workers
guarded the protective barriers.
The extensive damage in the six
States was disclosed at the st. Louis
meeting. In Illinois 100000 acres
of land were inundated, including
191 900 acres of corn. 10000 Of oats,
$1,000 of hay and 10000 in other
crops. The remainder flooded is
prairie land.
Oklahomas S flooded land totaled
100000 acres. including 29l 900 acres
of corn, 2440OO of cotton, $4,000
of grain, $4,000 of peanuts and
21000 of miscellaneous crops.
Other States Damage.
In the other four States the dam
age was reported as follows
Missouri-442, 900 acres flooded, in
cluding 10000 acres of corn, 1000
of wheat, $1,000 of hay, $1,000 of
oats, $4,000 cotton and $500 of bar
ley.
Arkansas-30 900 acres flooded, 30
per cent cotton, 40 per cent corn and
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Flood Area Farmers
Return 10 Homes 10
Reshape Crop Plans
Thousands Remain
In Refugee Shelters
In PeriIed Sections
By the Associated Press.

6S l1e hSSOtldJcu
Farm families in parts of the six
State Midwest flood zone, evacuated
after rising waters from scores of
rivers threatened their lives, were
returning to water damaged homes
and inundated lands today to re-
shape their crop production pro-
grams
Thousands, however. remained in
refugee shelters mostly in Southern
Illinois and Eastern Missouri. More
than 100000 persons were driven
from their homes by the floods.
Other thousands in communities
along the Mississippi and Illinois
Rivers still were plagued by the two
surging streams The situation in
many river towns, although some
what improved. remained critical,
Army engineers said
AS the farmers in many areas
surveyed damage to crops and
property from the worst flood in
the mid-continent area since 1887,
an emergency conference of Fed
eral officials and representatives of
the six States affected by the flood
met in st. Louis The meeting
called by Food Administrator
Chester c. Davis, mapped plans
tor the prompt restoration of farm
production in the 1851 900 acres of
Water-covered land in Illinois, Mis-
souri,, Indiana, Oklahoma, Kansas
and Arkansas. Crop and property
damage has been estimated in the
millions of dollars.
Although conditions along the Mis-
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duction Administration, Gov.
Schricker, a Democrat, shouted:
60 back and tell some of our
long haired friends in Washington
for Gods sake to cut out the red
tape and let us have labor and
machinery for our farms"
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ment provide men and materials to
rehabilitate farms in six flood
stricken States.
Turning directly to NJ Clifford
Townsend, head of the Food Pro-
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Hougordy to Speak

LEONARDTOWN, Md. May q
(SpeciaD John L. Hougardy, ex-
ecutive director of the Maryland
Public Expenditures Council of Bal
timore, will be principal speaker at
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a meeting of the st. Marys County
Taxpayers Association at 8 pm.
tomorrow at the st. Marys County
Court House.
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Don't lose hope It'll you've tried a
Star want Ad." MA. 5000.
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balance in soybeans and miscellan-
eous crops.
Kansas Gncluding tornado dam
age)-300,00O acres, including $4,000
corn, 10000 of wheat, $4,000 of oats
and 10000 of flax.
Indiana - 100000 acres flooded,
100000 cropland
End of Red Tope' Urged
To Speed Flood Relief
BY the Associated Press
ST. LOUIS, May 27-Gov. Henry
F. Schricker of Indiana demanded
yesterday at an emergency flood
conference here that the Govern
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Boat Bill Stoned

President Roosevelt yesterday
signed legislation authorizing the
Navy to acquire or construct l 900 900
tons of landing craft, district craft
and special boats at an estimated
cost of 81 700 100000.
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Alleged Skip Driver
Fined $50 In Court
Trucker Principal Witness Against Accused; Two
Other Drivers Face Reckless Driving Charges q

Edward Roberge, 81, Of 10 Matt
son court, was fined $3.50 and costs
In municipal court today on counts
Of evading responsibility and driv-
ing while his operators license was
under suspension. Fifty dollars Of
the fine was suspended.
Roberge was arrested by Motor
Patrolman James Sweeney Monday
after he had struck a vehicle on
Bank street and failed to stop. He
testified In court that he was Iln-
aware that he had hit the car, but
a truck driver who had witnessed
the accident explained that he fol-
lowed Roberge and informed him
that his car had struck another.
After that, the trucker asserted, he
went to q telephone and called the
police.
The accused was represented by
Attorney Maurice Wrenn.
Two other motor vehicle cases
were disposed Of today before Judge
T. E. Conway. Edward Valecko, %,
Of $50 Meriden road, was granted
a nolle on payment of $25, and Hy-
man Goldfeld, 20, of 101 Waterville
street, received a continuance UNI
til Feb. 8. Both were booked yes
terday on charges Of reckless
driving.
Valecko was arrested by Motor
Patrolman Joseph Phelan yesterday
morning after head-on collision
with a bakery truck on WATERFOWL
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Lamny Ross was doing a USO
concert at TT. nox. Emceeing the
show was . -bucG private. o profess
sionai who had done his stuff In
many a minor flO0rshow. Ross saw
four generals in the audience. stop
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-20
DAYLIGHT LONDON
BOMB RAID BRIEF
Several Children Killed as
Six German Planes Car.
ries Out Attack

London, Jan. 20.-(UP)-Eleven
German planes were shot down to-
day In a sharp burst Of air fight
ing over Britain which brought
London a brief dive bombing at
tack in which casualties, including
school children, were suffered.
The Germans, apparently stung by
pounding blows Of the Royal Air
Force against Berlin, sent over raid
ing parties of fighter-bombers In
the first daylight attack which
London had experienced since last
July.
The Nazis encountered heavy
anti-aircraft fire-some OF the
heaviest London had heard since
the days of the daylight blitz raids
Of 1940-and formation OF Raj
fighters.
Dog fights ragged over the SOUTH
east coast and over London itself.
An official announcement said
that preliminary reports showed II
German planes were destroyed by
Raj fighters.
The attack on London was brief,
occurring between / p. m. g a. m.
EWT) and 1880 $3.50 p. m. EWT)
and in many areas, including the
city district and the west end, citi-
zens wenta bout their normal oc-
equations.
However, many stood in the
streets, paying no heed to spent
machine gun bullets and watched
the aerial dog fight they had seen
over London since the days OF the
blitz.
Considerable damage was done
In one sector where about half a
dozen German planes made dive
bombing attacks, destroying several
houses and causing casualties. The
killed and injured included school
children on their way home to
lunch.
Troops were called out to aid
workers in removing the debris from
the hard hit district.
Six German planes, believed to be
Focke Wulf 1905. dive-bombed q
Tricky populated London residential
area and caused considerable dam
age.
After releasing their bombs, the
planes machine-gunned a railroad
station. II was believed some pupils
en- roAte home for their midday
meal had been killed and others
were reported trapped In wreckage.
The Naxl raiders attacked q train
approaching London with machine
gun IRE but q passenger said there
were no casualties. They also drop
ped scattered bombs at points near
the south coast.
dunfire was heard IN the metro
pOlitan area even before the warn.
Ing sounded. The are subsidized.
then was resumed . few minutes
later.
United Press watchers on ohaeFva-
ton posts saw seven German planes
come from the west u about 10000
feet altitude.
they sklfaed ehs southern suburbs
land disappeared.
Two planes 6klEssd the northern
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American troops has been q doni.
mating factor, particularly when
the enemy is prevented from adj
vancing according to plan"
Use Hand Weapons
To avoid unnecessary casualties
which inevitably accompany from
tai assaults, our forces now are
picking their way slowly through
the dense, steaming-hot jungles
of Kokumbona, routing out the
enemy with rifles, bayonets, hand
grenades, trench InortarS and ma
chineguns.
The terrain makes 1t impossible
to use tanks except occasionally.
Most American operations on
the island are carried out during
the daylight hours, generally sup
ported by low-hying aircraft which
bomb and strafe the Japanese
lines constantly, while the enemy
is forced by his lack Of aircraft
and paucity Of artillery to move
only at night. e,..
The Japanese high command
appears to be well aware Of the
fact that Guadalcanal - an island
once so obscure that 1t seldom was
Japanese fishermen" - eventually
may become the springboard for
a vast United Nations offensive
against Japan's Pacific empire.
Japs' Losses Heavy
Time and time again, the enemy
has attempted to Gust the Ameri-
cans from the positions they won
during their initial assault last
Aug. z, but to no avail. And the
cost to Japan has been great -
more than so ships sunk. nearly
100 damaged, at least 1000 troops
killed in land fighting, probably
an additional $4,000 lost in land
ing attempts, and more than $50
planes destroyed.
American losses have been %
ships sunk and fewer than 1000
troops killed.
Fearing another Guadalcanal"
to the north. Japan has been
working feverishly to fortify its
network of bases in others Of the
Solomon Islands. A new airfield
only recently was put into opera
ton on Munda Point in the New
Georgia Islands, $50 miles north
Of Guadalcanal - and since has
been bombed heavily and regu-
larly by American airmen.