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Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-21
GERMAN CLAIMS

The German radio said British
nuisance raiders" bombed western
and northwestern Germany Friday
night, causing "inconsiderable dam
age" At least nine planes were shot
down, the broadcast said
Army cooperation bombers joined
in the offensive with attacks on
electric transformer stations in oc-
cupied France.
One enemy fighter was destroyed
oy the British bombers, while the
Raj losses comprised II planes
from the bomber command and
three from the army cooperation
command.
18TH RAID
The WilhelmshaVen raid was the
18th this month on Germany. Twice
before the Raj struck at Wilhelm
shaVen. The other principal target
has been the key German industrial
city Of Cologne. which has been
raided twice.
The bOmbers also paid their 95th
Imperial Valley press., 1943-02-21

Yes, if Congressman Phillips is eager
and interested in speaking to US, we can
benefit by listening and enjoy the pro-
cess.
Evening star., 1943-01-31

Harry Treloean and Mrs. Frank
Glndlck were the guests of Mrs.
Robert B. Faxon, who entertained
at luncheon and bridge at her home
in Arlington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clair Bressler of
Aurora Hills, with their daughter.
Mrs. Daniel Clark of Colonial VII
lage, have returned from Mer-
chantville, N. j., where they at
tended the wedding last week of
Mr.. Bressler's niece, Miss Ann Dull,
and 1t. John Clark. En- route home
they visited at Philadelphia with
Mr.. and Mrs. o. B. See, former
residents of Aurora Hills.
Mr.. Jack B. Robertson of Airing
ton Village, who has been indicted
into the Army, left Friday for his
station. Before his departure, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Townsend Tracy
entertained at buffet supper party
for him and his mother, Mrs. Edith
Robertson, additional guests includ-
ing Mr.. and Mrs. James Smith and
Mr.. and Mrs Bruce Jenkinson. 1t.
Elise Meyer of the Army Nursing
Corps at Baton Rouge, La, was also
q recent guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Tracy in Arlington Village, stopping
on en- route to Phoenixville. Pa.
VI Mr.. and Mrs. Reginald S. Kasse-s
baum have as guests over the week
end their cousins, Mr.. and Mrs.
Garland B. Potterfield of Charles
ton, w. Va, who have come to at
tend the graduation from George
town Medical School of their son,
Mr.. Thomas Potterfeld.
Guests at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Morrell Stone include
Mrs. Stones sister. Mrs. M. L. Bow
en-. and her daughter, Mrs. lyman
Hill. and small son, Loring Hill of
Ridgewood, N. J..
Mrs. j. Lee Price of Oakcrest has
returned from a visit of several
days at Richmond with her BROTH
er-ln-law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs.
Vincent La Frenchi.
1t. Charles L. Duthie. who re-
Gently was graduated from the Army
Flying School at Columbus, Miss.
and who has been spending a weeks
1urlough with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George A. Duthie of North Ar
iington, left Thursday for his sta
ton at Flight Field, Greenville, S.
G. During his stay Mr.. and Mrs.
Duthle entertained small company
at dinner, among the guests being
Mrs: Katherine Collins, Miss Martha
Iaylor and Miss Helen Burkholder.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest johnson and
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Wallace were
dinner guests last week of Mrs. Earle
Z. Hamm, wife Of Maj. Hamm.
LII. and Mrs. Warren C. Eastman,
VINO have been the guests of the
formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. War
rem F. Eastman of South Arlinp-
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ton, have gone to Camp Polk, La,
1t. Eastham's station. Their mar
riage took place in January on the
same day 1t. Eastman was gradu-
ated from the Armored Force OFF,
Ger Candidate School at Fort Knox,
KY. Mrs. Eastman was formerly
Miss Anne Briggs of Nashville, Tenn.
During their stay they also visited
1t. Eastham's grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. George SuttIe, and Mrs.
r. F. Eastman Of Flint Hill, Kappa
hammock County. Va.
Miss Mar Farley Ames left
Wednesday for Winston Salem, N,
c., where she will enter the Gov
ernment service. She was accom-
panied by her mother, Mrs. w. p.
Ames, whose sister, Mrs. Mary
Snyder of Liverpool, Pa, is remain
Ing in their Arlington home.
Eighteen friends from Washing
ton and the community surprised
Mrs. Lloyd Hill on the occasion of
her birthday anniversary last week
with party at her home in Lyon
Village. A buffet supper was served
during the evening.
Mrs. Ashton Jones is spending 10
days in Newport News with her
brother-in-law and sister, DR.. and
Mrs. Clarence Porter Jones.
Evening star., 1943-01-31
arlington County Communities
arlington County Communities
Comdr. and Mrs. Noren Are Hosts
Mrs. Twyford Going to Arkansas
Darmers Leave for Stay in Florida;
Mrs. Elizabeth Grubbs to Be Visitor

1t. Comdr and Mrs. A. T. Noren
were hosts at buffet supper and
bridge party last evening, enter
tanning 1t Comdr. and Mrs. R. N
Norgaard, MI. and Mrs. Art Brown,
Mr.. and Mrs. Leland G.. Suther-
land. Mr. and Mrs. Harcourt C.
Sontag and M. and Mrs. Russell
L. Wine.
Mrs. Levon v. Twyford, with her
small SON, Levon v. Twyford, jr.,
Of Arlington Village are leaving to-
morrow for Little Rock, Ark, to
join Mr.. Twyford, who is on duty
as liaison officer in the Governors
Office between the State and Fed
eral Government. Mrs. Twyford's
mother, Mrs. Patrick Henry, who
will remain in their home here, had
as recent guest her son, Mr.. Wood
T. Henry.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. William Darner,
with their daughters, Misses Sally
and Phina Darner, left Thursday
for stay of two months at Sara
sofa and other places in Florida.
Mrs. Elizabeth Grubbs will come
the first of the week from Youngs-
town, Ohio, for a Six-week visit
with her son-in-law and daughter,
Capt. and Mrs. John Clements Owen
of Oakcrest. Capt. Owen Is leaving
Wednesday for Miami tosattend the
Oncers Training School, Army Air
Forces. Mrs. Grubbs, whose home
IS in Front Royal, has been visiting
another son-in-law and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. M. Cullers, in
youngstown.
Miss Joan Dorney, daughter Of
Capt. and Mrs. John r. Dorney of
Aurora Hills left Thursday for n
visit over the week end with friends
in New York.
Mrs. James Hoffman of Racine,
Wis, is the guest of her son-in-la
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
mond Christensen OF North Ar
lington.
Mrs. Nora Marcy and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Nettie Branson Of Cherry
dale are paying an extended visit
to Mrs. Branson's son-in-law and
daughter, 1t. and Mrs. B. Gates of
Haddonfleld, N. j.
Mrs. Robert Kaldaraugh, Mrs.
Evening star., 1943-01-31
Lovely Wedding
In St. Gabriel's
Yesterday
Jean Sbreckelmyer
And Mr.. Middleton
Are Married

A lovely wedding of yesterday
morning took place in ST. Gabriel'>
Church when Miss Jean Spreckel-
myer, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Ireland Spreckelmyer. became
the bride OF Mr. Edward Lloyd Mid
dleton Of Wayside, Md, son of Mrs.
Arthur Middleton of Wayside.
Palms, FERNS and gladioluses were
in the chancel for the 10 o'clock
nuptial mass, and the Rev. Louis w.
Albert officiated Miss Katherine
Weber played the wedding music
and Miss Marie Sauter was the
soloist.
Escorted by her father, the bride
entered the church wearing a gown
OF antique ivory made with a mar
quisette yoke, a long basque out
lined with seed pearls and a full
skirt which ended in long circular
train. A Juliet cap OF seed pearls
held her veil Of illusion and she
carried bouquet OF white roses
centered with white orchids.
Miss Mary Ann Spreckelmyer was
maid Of honor for her sister and
her only attendant. With a dress of
sky blue taffeta she wore a Juliet
cap of Illusion and a shoulder length
veil and carried an arm bouquet of
yellow roses.
Mr.. Thomas L. Higdon was the
best man and those serving as ushers
were Mr.. James j. Bowie, Mr. Leo A.
Walshe and Mr.. Francis G. Gillian
of Washington and DR.. A. C. Welch
Of Chaptico, Md.
A reception after the ceremony
was held at the Admiral Club.
Evening star., 1943-01-31
New Arlinstonians

Comdr. and Mrs. William Lalor
and their family, who have come re-
Gently from Long Beach, are now
occupying the former home of Col.
and Mrs. William G.. Hawthorne at
2310 South Arlington Ridge road,
Arlington.
Evening star., 1943-01-31
Chinese Relief Tea
FRIDAY Afternoon

The Washington Committee of
United China Relief will give tea
Friday afternoon from to 7 at 1918
Connecticut as the first in series
OF events scheduled to take place
through February % for the benefit
of Chinese war sufferers.
Evening star., 1943-01-31
Names February 3
As Wedding Dav

Miss Frances Ide, daughter of DR..
and Mrs. Burt Ide Of Baltimore. has
selected February as the date for
her marriage to Mr.. Paul johnson
and the ceremony will take place
in the home of Mrs. Elma Dykes
Dulaney in GEORGETOWN.
Evening star., 1943-01-31
THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. G, JANUARY 3d. 1ea
Miss Mary Ryan
Weds 1t. Trundle
At Fort Lewis
Marriage Announced
By Brides Parents
In New York

OF much interest here is the an
nouncement made today by Mr.. and
Mrs. John Paul Ryan of New York
OF the marriage Of their daughter,
Miss Mary Ryan, to 1t. Sidney A.
Trundle, jr., U. S. A. The BRIDE
groom is the son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Sidney T. Trundle of Silver Spring.
The ceremony took place Wednes-
day in the chapel at Fort Lewis,
Wash.
Mrs. Trundle attended Georgetown
Visitation Convent In this city and
Is a graduate of Manhattanville
College 1t. Trundle is a graduate
OF Georgetown University and the
Fordham Law School. He is a
member of the Sons OF the Revolu-
ton and the Mary Society of New
York. 1t. Trundle now is stationed
at Fort Lewis where he and his bride
will make their home.
Evening star., 1943-01-31

Buy bonds. Give up that trip you
had planned. and give bomber a
trip to Toxic.
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Davis Sees No Need
For Alarm Over Crops

war ROOD Administrator Chester
e. Davis said today there was no
cause for alarm over the Agriculture
Department report that crop pros
poets during April had declined in
most parts Of the country and were
less promising than at the same De
Rod last year.
He pointed out that civilian food
stocks were based on a normal WELD
OF known planted acreage, and that
there was no indication at this time
81 a decrease in civilian supplies.
crop losses already have begun.
however, the Agriculture Dsnart-
ment disclosed yesterday, in portions
OF southwestern and west central
States as a result of drought con-
ditions.
Price Administrator Brown mean
time Informed Senator Wheeler,
Democrat, of Montana that a prom
lnent authority on nutrition has
told OPA that 'meat supplies are
so short that, if all the workers are
to be fed adequately no groups can
be fed abundantly-this means that
eating for entertainment will have
to 60"
Senator Wheeler has been endeav-
orlng to get OPA approval for in
creased meat rations for miners and
others who do hard work in his
State.
East of the Mississippi the crop
report said, late frosts, severe freezes
and alternate freezing and thawing
nave caused extensive damage to
1rult crops, to early Southern vege-
tables and cotton in the South.
The department estimated that
the combined production of COM
merclal truck crops to date show
they will be 10 per cent below 1912
put per cent above that of 1941
and S per cent above the 1O-year
average beginning in 1881. Last year
was the biggest crop year in Ameri-
can agriculture.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-05-11
Psychiarist AssaiIs
Armed Forces Policy
On Mentally Unfit
Declares 1t Causes
Preventob|e Tragedies;
D. 6. Officer Dissents
BY HOWARD w. BLAKESLEE

DETROIT, May 1.-THE presi-
dent of the American Psychiatric
Associa ton, DR.. Arthur D. Ruggles
OF Providence, r. l., charged today
that preventable tragedies have &C.
CURED in our war theaters through
failure to screen out properly the
men mentally untitled for war.
1T is unfortunate" said DR..
Ruggles in his annual presidential
address, that throughout the fate
full days since December 7, 1941, no
one in high places has emphasized
the need for a quality Army.
planning has been in terms of
100000 or 100000 personnel,
including an Army of 100000. But
in that Army and Navy do we want
those who in all reasonable prob
ability will break down in a few
weeks, becoming mental casualties.
many of whom will be permanent
dependents of the Government?
Emphasized by Association.
This association, together with
other psychiatric and neurological
associations, has for many months
emphasized this point. The central
problem has been rejection from
the armed forces for those who, be-
cause of nervous and mental dis
ability, are obviously unfit for any
kind of effective service with the
armed forces.
I'VE have endeavored to see that
selective service obtained adequate
histories pointing toward such in
effectiveness and provided the in
duction boards with such records.
This has been accomplished through
the efforts of some of our outstand-
ing leaders, but in all too few
localities.
las a general policy it has had
lip service from selective service,
but it has not vet become Nation
wide, and relatively little has been
done by selective service to promote
such a procedure.
Preventable Tragedies Occur.
"Preventaole tragedies have oc-
CURED In the theater of war. thou
sands of young men have broken
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down unnecessarily, yet we still
await the enforcement of the re-
quirement for a preliminary pro-
duction of adequate histories in in
ductees"
On the other side. Col. Roy D.
Halloran, Washington said: THE
incidence of neuropsychiatric cas-
ualties in the Army, especially since
the declaration of war, has been
surprisingly low up to the present
time. This also has been the ex-
perience of the Navy"
Earlier in the meeting, presiding
at a symposium on this subject, Col.
Halloran declared that induction
centers had rejected to per cent
OF those examined for mental rea-
sons, against a per cent rejection
in the World War.
Appointment of the new president
OF the association, DR.. Edward A.
Strecker of Philadelphia as con-
sultant to the medical department
of the Navy was announced. He will
give full time to problems of mental
health.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-05-11
Wi||kie Says Progressives
Can Lead COP 10 Victory
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press,
NEW YORK. May 11.-Wendell
Willkie said yesterday he believes
that under progressive leadership
the Republican party will be re-
turned to Office in the presidential
and congressional elections of No
vember, 1914"
His statement, made public BY
Simon & Schuster. publishers of his
book, "One World" was sent to tho
London Daily Telegraph as an in
PRODUCTION to series Of articles con-
densed from the book on his world
tour
1T is also my belief that it would
be tragic if people in other lands,
and particularly the people of the
British Commonwealth, assume that
world outlook is the exclusive pos
session of either political party in
the United States" Mr.. Willkie said.
such an assumption is not only
erroneous. but it might produce the
very results which those who labor
| under 1t fear. 1t might hamper a
Republican administration eager to
cooperate with other members Of
the United Nations to establish a
permanent peace and decent living
conditions for the whole world.
The title of my book says in two
words what I hope the enlightened
progressives of both parties in the
United States do or will believe"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-05-11
j. 5. Flyers Attack
laps in So|omons
Positions at Mundu and
Vonguvongu Bombed

BY the Associated Press
The Navy reported today that
American bombers and fighters had
attacked enemy positions at Munda
and Vangavanga in the Central
Solomons yesterday and started
several fires.
The communlque said.
South Pacific (all dates are east
longitude:
Il. On May 10th:
ca During the morning force
Of dauntless douglas SBD) dive
bombers and Avenger (Grummar
TBFD torpedobonbers. escorted by
Corsair tVought F4U,, Wildcsat
(Grumman F F., and Lightning
Iockhead P-38) fighters. attacked
japanese installations at Munda or
New Georgia Island in the Central
Solomons. Hits were scored on en-
envy anti-aircraft positions and sew
eral firSe were started.
"tB) During the afternoon
Dauntless dive bombers and Avenge1
torpedo bombers with Corsair escort
bombed Japanese positions at Van
gavanga on the southwest coast OF
Kolumbangara Island.
go All United States planes re-
turned from the above attack mis-
sions."
Vangavanga was attacked for the
first time on May A. Munda, on the
other hand, is one of the most
bombed spots in the Solomons, hav-
ing been assaulted 119 times since
last November %.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-05-11
BY the Associated Press.

FORT KNOX, KY, May Ii
Maj. Gen. Charles L. Scott, COM
handing general of the replacement
training center at this birthplace of
the Nations armored forces, says
that American men. when they enter
the Army, are too damned COM
placent" and think the war is Boy
Scout stuff.
He told a group of % news CORE
spondents making a transconti-
mental tour Of Army installations
that under intensive training, in
Guiding use of live ammunition in
battle tactics, the intelligent ones
soon snap out of it, but there are
some who won't come out of their
peacetime ruts until they're actually
bombed"
Stating that the condition was
general with newcomers to Army
posts throughout the country
they're just like the ma jority of the
American people-too damned COM
placent the whitehaired veteran
OF 43 years of Army service said
that thls mas been his own expert
ence:
"All have tendency toward COM
placency, but out of group. say, of
1000 men, you have to really go to
town on Is per cent.
Smart Ones Become Killers.
These include men lacking in
education. those who were neglected
at home, those who never went to
church, and men who never held any
particular job. The smart ones soon
realize that they're going into battle
and that they're in a killing bust
ness"
Gen. Scott, who experienced five
months of the Libyan campaign as
senior military observer in the
Middle East for the United States,
said our weapons were in all cases
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man and they Maj. Rooney.
are damned glad to get even, and
so am l."
Maj. Rooney said that when the
prison trucks pass. our boys yell
at them, Remember Sidi Bou lid,
you -"
He said the Germans did not quit
because they were out of ammuni-
ton, but because I'VE weren't"
Maj. Rooney, 33. son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. George Lee Rooney, 46l9 High
land avenue, Bethesda, Md, is aide
de camp to Maj. Gen. E. N. Har-
man, commanding general Of an ar
mored unit in North Africa. and
was awarded the Silver Star Medal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-05-11
Men Too Damned CompIocent'
Are ArmyProb|em, General Says
intelligent Ones Learn Killing Business
Others Are Bombed Out of Ruts'

equal and in most cases superior to
the enemv's. but he cautioned
against Understanding the ability
of the foe.
IF we got licked" he said, at
would not be by weapons, but by
brains"
I'VE are making a great mistake
if We underestimate the enemy, in
the case OF the Italians, for ex-
ample those I saw were good fight
ers-smart, well-equipped, cunning
and ruthless
Learn Lesson From Foe.
The enemy has taught us that
we must kill without compunction
and possibly get a little fun out of
it,
He said all new men at Fort Knox
are given training designed to
tougher them up and give them a
taste of what battle is like, and he
added:
I'VE run 'em around in the woods,
and when they get little dopey,
we set mine off. We send EN- out
at night and have few we'll
trained men push EN- around a bit
I don't think you can overempha-
size physical condition and dis
cipline."
And he said that his warning to
the men to stay on the job and be
a good soldier so you won't get killed
on the battlefield" had had these
results:
We've reduced our venereal dis
ease rate Is per cent in six months
away below that in many civilian
communities. And absences with
out leave are less than one-half of l
per cent"
The general spoke after the news
men had witnessed striking exam
Piles of the armored forces tests of
both men and machines to prepare
them for combat
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Wheat Crop Outlook
Believed Better Than
U. 5. Report Indicated
Conditions Have Improved
Since May ] Forecast of
Smallest Crop Since IS
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 1.-THE pessi-
mistic implications in the latest
Government winter wheat forecast,
showing a substantial decline from
last year, are at least slightly ne
gated by recent favorable crop de-
velopments, grain experts asserted
today.
The Government forecast, issued
yesterday, set winter wheat produc-
ton at 15,159,OO0 bushels, against
703 1852 900 bushels last year and a
10-year 1932-4D average of $780,
181 900 bushels. One month earlier
the Government had forecast this
years crop at 1851 900 bushels.
Based on May 1 Conditions.
Grain experts said, however, that
the Governments forecast was based
on conditions as they existed May |,
which was a date on which green
bugs were doing much damage in
Texas and Oklahoma, and a drought
was developing over a wide area
west of the Mississippi.
Since the beginning of this month
the drought situation has greatly
improved. While weather reports
are subject to censorship, and not
easy to obtain by grainmen, it was
said that many of the areas which
needed rain on May l subsequently
obtained it. Thus the crop condi-
tons improved considerably.
fln y
the Governments estimate was not
only below recent private crop FORE
casts, but indicated total supply of
wheat on July under the 100000 900
bushels which is believed desirable
if the supply situation is to
be in balance.
Situation Summed Up.
Crop experts figured the supply
situation in this manner:
The Government now expects a
winter wheat crop of 5l5.15e 900
bushels.
The Government said March /
intentions to plant spring wheat
amounted to 100000 acres. which.
on average yields, would produce a
spring wheat crop of $4,000 900
bushels.
Together winter and spring wheat
crops would give 1913 production
OF $50, 1000 bushels, smallest since
1896. ''''0N
The July l, 1913, old wheat carrv-
over is expected to be $4,000 600
bushels-which, when added to 1e43
production, would give total supply
OF l ,239 ,159 900 bushels.
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Mexico to Send 5000
For Railroad Luborers
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, May 11.-Six
thousand unskilled Mexican la
borers will leave late this week to
work for railroads in the United
States, Labor Ministry sources said
today.
Contracts covering their employ
ment were signed by representatives
OF the United States Manpower
Commission and the Labor Min
istry. Under the terms of the con-
tracts, which are for six months
duration, the men will receive mini
mum wages of 46 cents an hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-05-11
Mine Floats Ashore
Kills 20 in Ulster
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BELFAST, Northern Ireland. May
11.-A mine foated ashore and ex-
ploded near the west coast village
OF Donegal today killing 20. Two
others were missing and five were
injured.
A large crowd had gathered near
the mine and several men were try
ing to loosen nuts of the explosive
with monkey wrenches. Others were
prodding it with sticks. The ex-
plosion shattered windows in village
houses and was heard for so miles,
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last February for gallantry in &C
ton.
A native of Brooklyn, Maj. Rooney
is a graduate of the University OF
Maryland. He entered the service
as lieutenant a year before the at
tack on Pearl Harbor. His wife
Mrs. Virginia T. Rooney, and his
18-month-old child live at 1857
Thirty-first street NV.