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Evening star., 1943-12-28
Maryland Holds Man
In Farmhouse Fire

Clarence C. Hollinsworth. IS, COL
ored, believed to be an escaped in
mate of st. Elizabeth's Hospital. was
being held for District officials today
by Maryland State police at Upper
Marlboro after his arrest Sunday
for allegedly setting fire to a vacant
tenant house on the farm of J M
Singleton near Accokeek.
Police said Hollinsworth entered
the tenant house and built q fire
with hay on the floor.
Evening star., 1943-12-28
Dead Man Identified
As Thomas S. Pitcher

A man who collapsed yesterday
morning AT Fourteenth and V streets
NV, ard was pronounced dead at
Gallinger Hospital has been iden-
tilted as Thomas D. Pitcher. 70, OF
1906 Falrmont street NV, police
said today.
Mr.. Pitcher was boiler repairman
q member of his family said. He
held patent on ventilation device
and had been working on an inven-
ton in connection with steam heat
ing, He had left home to help a
friend with repairs when he COL
lapsed,
Mr.. Pitcher is survived by his
widow and two DAUGHTERS,
Evening star., 1943-12-28
Fire Destroys Home
At lyttonsviIIe, Nd.

A small frame house in Lyttons-
vile, Md, owned by Russell Wilson
was destroyed by fire early today
the Silver Spring Volunteer Fire
Department reported.
Firemen said they were hampered
in fighting the blaze by lack of
hydrants in that area. Two booster
engines were used. No damage esti-
mate was given.
Evening star., 1943-12-28
WPB Repeats Priority
Ban on 0verpdss on
Lee Boulevard
Work Sturts Next
Week on Project
Halted Last July

Turned down on two previous oc-
casions, priorities for completion of
an oVerpass at Washington and Lee
boulevards, Arlington. now have
been granted by the Facility Com
mittee of the War Production Board,
Frank Herring, deputy committee
chairman, announced today.
Construction officials of the Public
Roads Administration said the work
at the intersection, which bears
heavy traffic from South Arlington
and Fairfax Counties to military and
Federal establishments. probably
would be resumed next week.
A spokesman for the Arlington
district PRA Office said it had been
recommended that the contracting
firm of Guy Lewis & Son, original
low bidder on the job, be awarded
the new contract.
Work was halted on the project
July at the expiration of blanket
priority issued by the War Depart
ment for access roads in that area. A
AVA iNiuSot iOl pl lOll Ivy tNlellSlOll
was turned down by the WPB COM
mittee and a later appeal also was
denied on that agency'S contention
that the present road layout would
meet traffic needs until the end of
the war.
On the recommendation Of County
Manager Frank c. Hanrahan, men,
bers Of the Arlington County Board
petltloned WPB fOr completion of
the oven lpaSS, and il was understood
from county officials that both the
War and Navy Departments had
mterceded III behalf of work con-
unuance. The boulevardS are access
highways to the Pentagon, Navy
Annex. Fort Myer. Arlington Hall.
the Marine Barracks and several
large housing projects.
Washington I. Cleveland, manager
Of the District of Columbia division
OF the American Automobile ASso-
clatlon, called the existing condition
Of the intersection potential
death trap" andr appealed to the
Virginia members of Congress to
see that necessary priorities be
granted
Evening star., 1943-12-28
Mary|anders Coming Here
To Plan Soldier Vote

By he Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. Dec. 26-Gov
O'Conor said yesterday that plans
have been practically completed for
conference in Washington this
week between representatives of the
Council of State Governments, War
Department and congressional lead
ers to provide for a workable pro-
cedure on absentee soldier voting.
Throughout the last 10 days the
Governor has been conferring with
the council and War Department,
and he stated that both agencies
had requested postponement of def
mite action until Nation wide Fed
eral law has been adopted to avoid
duplication on the part of the States
Evening star., 1943-12-28
Father and Son Killed
In Truck Accident
BY the Associated Press.

I3S llIt a1SUNIdIFU fTPSS.
GETTYSBURG, Pa. Dec. %
Two HagerstoWn. Md. men-John S
Spangler. 60, and his son, Leonard
Luther Spangler, 27. were killed yes
terday when their truck Skidded on
an ICY road. crashed into a utility
pole and overturned.
Coroner G. G. Crist of Gettysburg
said DCth men suffered crushed
skulls and chests. Spangler and his
father operated a potato chip con-
Germ in Hagerstown.
Evening star., 1943-12-28

A baby gaur is the latest addition
to the National Geological Park S
Jack arrived just in
time for Christmas. being born at
Has pm last Friday.
Jack is the fourth offspring OF
Mama and Papa Gaur. which were
brought here in 1887 from Mysore
India, when each was less than a
year old. The gaur or seladang
species belongs to the largest type
of wild cattle in existence.
The gaur is considered by natives
of the Indian and Malay Peninsulas
whence it halls to be a dangerous
game animal.
Evening star., 1943-12-28

Jack is now as long legged, aWk-
ward and wide-eyed as any barn
yard calf.
The young animal is brown with
white markings on the lower legs
AS he grows older he will become
black with white markings
The male gaur grows a tremendous
hump on his shoulders and has large,
fiat horns with a convex crest be-
tween them.
Both males and females. according
TO DR.. William NJ Mann. Zoo direc-
tor. have fierce dispositions. Both
mother and baby are doing fine, ac-
cordlng to Zoo authorities.
Evening star., 1943-12-28

From a transport in New Guinea
American members of hospital units
are carrying medicine and instru-
mentS provided by War bond dollars.
How many will they succor? How
many dead will they find? How
many will never return? We do not
know, but We do know our daily
conduct can make an earlier end of
the war.
Give your dollars action: Buy
more War bonds
United States Treasury Department.
Evening star., 1943-12-28
w. B. Galloway Retires
As B. & O. Traffic Head
Ry the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 28-The Bal
timore & Ohio Railroad yesterday
announced the retirement. effective
December 81. of Walter B. Galloway.
head of the passenger traffic de-
partment for 26 years.
Mr.. Galloway will be succeeded as
general passenger traffic manager by
Howard E. Simpson, now assistant.
Evening star., 1943-12-28
Fire PeriIs Store

Fire in the elevator shaft of S.
kam Sons Department Stores, Sew
enth. Eighth and D streets NV.
caused minor damage about $50
O'Clock last night. Firemen said
the blaze, apparently started by
spontaneous combustion, caused a
sprinkler system to start on the
sixth floor, The management said
damage was slight
Evening star., 1943-12-28
Bomb ExpIodes in Pocket

MADRID, Dec. % pa dispatch
from Vichy said today that an 1S-
year-old Polish Jew, arrested for
subversive activities. had been blown
to bits along with two police officials
when a bomb in his pocket exploded.
Evening star., 1943-03-21

1t never fails Year after year it's the same tooth
powder - Dr. Lyons Tooth Powatr that leads
the whole parade in popularity. The records tor
1912 are in :. and again it's the same old story.
The same old story with j1st one exesptio"
the favorte tooth powder-Dr. Lyons Tooth
Powder-has become more popular than ever!
The reason for this preference is easy to explain
For half hour OF sparkling musco Observation-Disclosures 10
Evening star., 1943-03-21
MoMers

Because there is nothing that eIeons teeth more
avsifvy thi. tooth powder is Americas First Choice
Evening star., 1943-03-21

Because you can buy nothing even if you were
to pay double the price there is absolutely
nothing you can buy which cleans your teeth more
quickly, more thoroughly, more pleasantly and
above all, more beautifully than DR.. lyons
Todayae your druggist you find Dr. Lyon s. Take
it home and see how DR.. Lyon sworks suchwonders
in gloriying the natural beauty of your teeth!
,nhotton Merry GoRovnd every Sunday night NeC Network
Pace Twentv.One
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-29
RELEASE PROTESTED

LONDON, Nov. 2S.-tR,-Thir-
ty thousand persons demonstrate
ed for more than an hour in Ira
falgar Square today despite a
steady drizzle in protest against
the release of Sir Oswald Mosley,
Britain's pre-war Fascist leader,
from Holloway prison.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-29
GROUPS MAY PROBE
BUTLER'S CHARGES
Two Pronged Check-Up
On Latin-American Deal
ings Is Pending

WASHINGTON. Nov. %. - ZAP -
A two-pronged checkup on Uncle
Sans dealings with his Latin
American neighbors is in the max
ing as a result of the bitterly dis
puted charges Of Senator Butler
R-Neb) that the United States is
being played for profligate
sucker.
Republican members of the Sen
ate appropriations committee,
headed by Senator Nye Of North
Dakota. plan to enlarge the scope
of an inquiry the committee Or
dered into Lend Lease operations
to take special account of Butler S
charges that this government has
obligated more than $4,000, 900, 600
for spending in Central and South
American countries.
1--WE shall certainly want to have
the facts OH this, particularly in
reference to Lend Lease details" "
Nye told a reporter today.
The Byrd economy committee
already has ordered an inquiry
into operations carried on in Latin
America by Nelson Rockefeller
(COrtinued on Pare TUo. Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-29
New Fire Bomb Believed
Used In Raids On Berlin
Propaganda Minister Calls
Out Against Unloading
OF Cannisters

LONDON, Nov. %. -(P- The
destruction OF one third of Berlin
during the last week was accom-
plished in part by the use of new
type incendiary bomb, it was init
mated here today as the Nazi pro-
paganda meuthpiece, Joseph Goeb-
bells, defiantly cried out against
the unloading of masses of phos-
phorous cannisters.' ISL.
Berliners, sleep-hungry until last
night after five successive noctur-
nal trips to the air raid shelters as
tie result of the Raj visits, fin
all enjoyed full nights rest for
there were no reports of aerial
activity over Germany.
Aerial activity today was limited
to interrogation by British fighters
Of German day raiders which drop
ped bombs in the southeast coastal
area of Britain without causing
either damage or casualties. Some
of the German bombers. perhaps
part of the Wanted Nazi repr7sal
raiders, also fell into the sea.
One London air correspondent
wrote today that incendiary bombs
by the thousands were probably un-
loaded on Berlin and suggested that
some Of them were of new type
which defy the efforts of fire fight
n mt Thorn o114
This correspondent also said the
Raj had increased the bomb loads
ct it's big bombers by as much as
Is per rent in recent months.
The month of November in parti-
cular was a sorry one for the Ge~-
mans for the Raj leveled one third
Of Berlin and threw some of its
most devastating punches at other
enemy targets at the smallest cost
in heavy bombers in eight months.
With only two more days of the
month remaining, the expenditure
in heavy bombe-s for ten major
operations. including one raid by
the greatest four-engine force ever
sent over Germany. totalled 15o
which was the smallest loss since
the $50 doWned in March. The most
costly month was August when 293
| heavies were lost in IA formidable
attacks, among them two assaults
on Berlin which alone accounted
for 105 of the losses.
| Goebbels, speaking on 1.-The most
burning problem of them all, said
the Allies were mistaken If they
thought they could gain CHEAP
victory by casting fire and bomb
upon German cities and again
Continued on Page Two; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-29
Conferences Net War
Bond For Youngsters

SALISBURY, Nov. 2S.-(R-
Two little boys appeared at the
War Bond window at the Sal
isbury post office. They were
so small, just their noses and
two pair Of shining eyes were
visible above the sill.
1--WE want a war bond"
they said. "s-..~4e
They laid out two or three
well = thumbed stampboo ;,
along with some loose cru N
pied war stamps. They dug up
a couple Of fistfuls of change,
disappeared below the sill while
they conferred excitedly, hunt
ed in their pockets some
more, brought up still more.
Total S18.75. t--4 s..
"What name shall 1 put on
it? asked the clerk.
''Na he? You hafta put a
name 5n it?'' "s. r
They stared at each other in
CONSERVATION, disappeared for
another conference. Finally
the noses showed above the sill
again.
PUT our mothers name on
it = but don't tell, will va! It's
a secret-her Christmas pres
,ent."
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-29
SERVICE POLITICS
WORRY CONGRESS
Solons Ponder Question
Can Men In Service Run
For Political Office

! WASHINGTON, Nov. %. - Up -
Congress search for a workable
way for armed service personnel
to vote in next years election
limelights problem that may
prove even more perplexing-can
a uniformed man run for public
office?
The Army and Navy may have
tc answer that puzzler more spe-
officially than they have in the
past, and it appears certain that
if any barriers are put in the way
of a presidential candidate be-
cause he is in the fighting forces.
there will be bipartisan demands
in Congress for their removal.
The services now have what
amounts to ban on political Of
flee seeking by men on active
duty-a ruling that may face a
direct challenge if a movement of
some Republicans to draft Gen.
Douglas Macarthur as a presiden-
tial candidate grows. The same
question is posed in the prospec-
tive candidacy of former Gov.
Harold E. Stassen of Minnesota
AS an Army man, Macarthur
comes within the scope of an Or
der issued by Secretary of War
Stimson July "a. 1912, that no in
dividual on active duty thereafter
could seek election or reelection
TO public office or take any &C.
tive part in political management
or campaigns.
Stassen. now in the Navy, is
prohibited from running for office
by regulation which states that
while on active duty "officers and
men will devote their whole time
to naval duties and shall not en-.
gage III private employment. ex-
cept in such cases as may be spe-
officially authorized by the Bureau
OF Naval Personnel"
line Navy lnterpretS this to ban
personnel from campaigning or
holding office while in the service.
Nevertheless. Stassep's name has
been entered formally in the Ne
braska presidential primary and
he has been endorsed as presi-
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-29

Our only problem was to secure
boat. We thought we could make
more of an adventure of it-.by get
ting a native canoe and leaving
Ashar on the change of the tide at
midnight. ---t-
As we approached the bridge
which crossed the river, the din OF
the Arab drums and other noise
was much louder. By midnight the
moon would be full again and we
could begin our passage down the
Shat-Al-Arab river. The bridge was
under guard by Indian troops we
were in uniform, and as we ap-
preached we returned their salute
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-29
1913 Shipbuilding
Quota To Be Passed

! MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Nov. 2S.-
lR-William F. Rockwell, director
OF ship production for the Mari
time Commission, said today the
nations shipyards are capable of
producing, 25,000,0OO tons of ship
ping next year.
The 1943 quota of 1900, 900 tons
will be exceeded, he added with
evident satisfaction. He praised
the commission chairman, Ad-
mlral Emory Scott Land, for the
production record.
Rockwell called Henry J. Kais-
ser, California shipbuilder, a
genius" then added:
IF Kaiser isn't a genius, he at
least has big ideas for construc-
ton speed, knows shipbuilding.
and can get the job done.'
Rockwell was interviewed here
while on his first vacation in two
years.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-29
Bombardment Considered
By Neutrals As Pre-
lude To Invasion

STOCKHOLM, Nov 2S.-CP)-
The aerial bombardment of Ber-
lin is. regarded by some German
military men as part of an Allied
plan to crush the nerve center OF
the Reich as a prelude to invasion
of Europe from the west and
south. a dispatch to the Stockholm
newspaper Allehanda said tonight.
A third of Berlin is already
crushed. ....--,
At the same time thic newspaper
Aftontidnigen said that, with Ber-
lin residents facing W prse days OF
hardship after week OF aerial
warfare. there were unconflrmed
reports that general evacuation
was proposed if the commandments
continued. Neutral correspondents
previously have reported the Ger
mans are convinced the capital
will be the target TOP more heavy
Raj assaults.
The Berlin correspondent of the
Allehanda said that the Germans
await an invasion of the CONT
nent' in the wake of the often
sive against Berlin. The Germans
also note. he said. the American
daylight aerial assaults against
France.
Even before the Raj began its
concentrated attack on Berlin the
capital had been listed as "for-
hidden city, by the Reich hous-
ing commissioner lin decree dat
ed Oct. 26. Under the order per-
sons living outside of Berlin were
prohibited from nj owing to the city
without express permission.
Other cities listed in the decree
as having a hou sing shortage as
the result of air raids included
Dessau, Dusseldorf, Krekeld, Lee
verkusen, Magdeburg, Mainz,
Muenchengladba th, Neuss, Rems-
cheid, Rheydt, Solingen, Viersen,
Vienna, Wuppertal and Zoppot.
Neutral cores pondents said Ger
man officials haY We despaired of i'm
mediately reha bilitating Berlin
and likely were already perform
ing the nations administrative
functions from other points in
Germany.
The burned and blackened city S
sirens were silent last night for
the first time in six, but bomb.
dazed Berliners, convinced that
the decision to level their city was
reached at the Moscow confer.
ence, expected even greater air.
borne destruction to follow.
Swedish correspondents tele.
graphed from the stricken capita.
that Nazi officials will concen
trate on restoring the bare ser
vices essential to war and factory
workers. They emphasized thai
food distribution, transportation
and water and power facilities are
still paralyzed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-29
PARTISAN FORCES
PUSH NAILS BACK
Rommel's Troops Hurled
Into Retreat By Cen
eral Tito's Men

LONDON. Nov. 28.-(B - Gen.
Jesip Broz' fTito's) partisan guer-
rifla forces have hurled back Mar
shall Erwin RommeFs Nazi troops
in fierce clashes along the Yugo-
slav coast southeast of Fiume, a
broadcast army of liberation COM
munique said today.
Deep inland, where there is no
front line and where the war is
made up largely of swift, bloody
guerrilla thrusts, Tito's announce
ment said his forces had quicken
ed their blows aimed at inflicting
as much damage as possible on
German positions and supplies be-
fore bitter winter weather slows
their activities.
The defenders said they had alb
sorbed the blows of Nazi forces
piercing downward along the coast
in the direction of Now and Semi,
opposite the Adriatic island of
Kirk, then had seized the iniative
themselves in a series of sharp,
hard lashes had forced the enemy
into retreat toward the northwest.
Heavy fighting was said to be
continuing at Crikenica, about Is
miles southeast of Fiume, where
the Germans were making a
stand.
On Kirk, Cherso and Lussino,
rocky island guardians to Fumes
approaches, the Yugoslavs said
they were still putting up strong
resistance despite assaults bye
overwhelming forces put ashore
several days ago.
The islanders defenders have
held out for weeks since sea-borne
Nazi forces established their first
bridgeheads.
Tito announced that Kosyeric,
Serbian village near Uzice, which
lies 70 miles east OF Sarajevo, had
fallen to one of his inland warrior
bands, and described stepped-up
forays in interior Montenegro,
Bosnia, Croatia and Slovenia.
Other fierce fighting was re-
ported from Dalmatia, where
German column is thrusting to-
ward Skoplje.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-29
Eight Groups
Kick On New
Tax Measure
{. IS s eads Drive
- s. 3 - approved
- ~ Measure
ON BREEDER
st For Drastic Re.
vision OF Bill Is Given
Each Member

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S.
-(P)-A coalition of eight
national organizations spear
headed by the CLIO denounced
the pending $2,140,000,00
tax-increase bill today as an
initiation breeder and called
upon Congress to boost taxes
on personal incomes over 49,
600 a year.
The concerted attack came
on the eve of Senate finance
committee hearings on the
House approved measure.
Treasury Secretary Morgen-
thau is scheduled to launch
the bill on it's expected brisk
trip through the committee
with renewal tomorrow of his
tattered request for $10,500,-
100000 ON which the House
already has scrawled a firm
no"
The request for drastic revi-
sion'' of the bill was submitted to
each committee member by the
Congress OF Industrial Organiza-
tons, National Lawyers Guild, Ma
tional Farmers Union, Brotherhood
of Railroad People Trainmen, Ma
tional Women's Trade Union Lea
que of Women Shoppers and the
Consumers Union.
Protesting that the bill elimi-
mates the earned income credit
which .'favors those who toll rath-
er than those who hold invest
ments," the coalition recommend
ed as revenue raisers:
Recommendation
/. Increased personal income
taxes on income above So. 600 a
year and a So. U0a. ceiling on net
incomes. after taxes.
2. An increase in the corporate
tax rate from 40 to at least so
per cent. Y
3. Elimination OF the option TO
compute excess profits on the
average-earnings method.
T. Increased tax rates and lower
ed exemptions for estates and
gifts.
5. Elimination of special pri-
vileges'' so as 10 provide for man.
datory joint returns, taxation of
Continued on Page Two; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-29

passed percipient glance in my
direction. We took our leave from
the Englishmen and after downing
last drink, we bid them good
nlght We would get breath of air
before turning in. We meant to OBJ
tam a canoe tonight and drift
Gown the river with the tide to
Ahorramshahr, 80 miles distant in
Iran.
Our trip to Basrah had carried
US over part of the Persian desert
III August, the temperature of
"alch was something like $50 de-
srees' we had decided that the
only way to travel in this country
was by water, wherever possible.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-29
VPB TO DISCLOSE
ITS SECRET FILES
Some OF U. S. Production
Secrets Will Be d.
vulged By Agency

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2o.-P--
Inc War Production Board is
1 ready TO take the secret"
Iaoel OF many of its files, to help
al"erlca industry and to con-
loa s the enemy.
our production position is now
~; ~ S'iohs that information concern
,a. II VIII be of no aid or COM
,y,. 70 the enemy = quite the
N sJ'i',afy,' said Chairman Donald
III, ! Nelson tonight in disclosing
safo ueclslon that restrictions could
safely be removed.
Nelson said the release would
aver sua "a large amount of past
lec lett current l. data originally col.
1 spsa o lor confidential use of wa,
/ try e' gits It would supply indus
prese ~lD IS. statistics ''for planning
TSa ' :: and future operations"
/ tries III, ngureS will cover indus
not ona ,a types of products, bu
Or o1 DpeFatinos of Individual firm,
On r nrnl,. Included will be fact,
# r praauctjon or shipments, us j..
psa ,diisserlals, employment, i'm
AID ras Dottlenecks, inventorie s
atlils sources plant capacity ane
tutio5,p ~ new materials, substi
Firgs' an ana general trends,
few ' d releases will be issued "ir
s most lay aayS'' Nelso said, and il
since vases rset: will cover the perio u
repor Sea, to the present. Feo me,'
jor li ts VIII follow until most I roa
repor u,,ds of industry have bee zee
" ann ra'eer. monthly or quarter
''n industry or product .''('
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-29
WEATHER

FORECAST:
NORTH CAROLINA: Partly cloudy ana
continued cool north portion MONDAY.
Cloudy and not quite so cool south por-
ton with light rains in afternoon. tues
Gay partly cloudy; colder west portion.
f(Eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 p. m, yesterday
Temperature
! 80 a. M, SIS. 1880 m, 40, 1870 p. M
So, Z so m, 81 Maximum So, Minimum
IT, Mean 50, Normal So.
Humidity
1870 a. m, 81, 7 80 a. m, 60, 80 p m,
81. 7:30 m, e.
Precipitation
Total for the "a hours ending 7:30 p m.
600 inches.
Total since the first of the month,
0.62 inches.
Tides For Today
F'rom the Tide Tables published by
Z. s. Coast and Geodetic Surey)
High Low
Wilmingt ---------- 11:05a 5:36a
11:15p 6:22p
Masonboro Inlet ----- 8:45a 2 :23a
8 55p 3:10p
Sunrise, 6:5S a. M, Sunset, :03 o. m.
Moonrise 8:48 a. Moonset, 7:15 D
Cape Fear River stage at Fayetteville,
913 feet