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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-20

Ing SrOng 1ndlcatlOn- tnat big
British bombers were out over the
continent for the third straight
night.
The American Flying Fortresses,
which were escorted by Thunder
bolts, bombed their Western Ger
man targets today without loss,
Eighth Air F orce headquarters an
nounced tonight. Not a single enc
my fighter came up to oppose the
Americans, it was stated.
After two months of mild stings
by Mosquito bombers. Berlin rum
bled under the full weight of Al
lied air might last night, The four.
engined bon1bers sent more than
$50 blockbusters weighing 4,48O
pounds each crashing down on the
Nazi capital.
Ludwigsha5en. Rhine city, and
the worlds largest chemical man.
ufacturing center, shuddered I'M
der its 62nd raid as the three-mile-
long E. G. Farbenindustrie chem
ical works--where perhaps impor-
tant work on Germany's secret
weapon" was in progress took
hundreds of tons CT bombs.
Last nights assaults cost tn e
British and Canadians 80 bombers,
regarded as a small percentage
of loss for the operation.
| Although clouds obscured Ber-
lin, huge fires could be seen by
the fliers as the great bombs, each
capable of wrecIsine a city block,
showered down on the surprisingly
ill-defended capital. Clearer wealth
err over Ludwigshafen permitted
observation of very large explo-
sions. Incendiar.es showered down
with the heavy explosives owe r
both cities.
Today, Maj. Gen. William E.
Kepner, chief OF the Eighth Air
Force Fighter Command, limited
that American fighters would soon
be able { oily even greater dis
tances than at present, perhaps
even on the 1,200-raile round-trip
to Berlin, permitting American
daylight raids on the capital.
Kepner said the new fighters
have longer range than the cur.
rent Thunderbol:s and Lightnings
which with extra gas tanks, have
escorted Flying Fortresses on as
far as 800-mile rounc trips.
Last nights RAF mission to Ger.
many carried the greatest tonnage
ever dropped on a single night.
Since the concentration was split
on two targets, it was probably
less than the record weight drop
ped on either city. Hamburg caught
1900 long tons July "a when over
700 bombers attacked.
Today's daylight raids by tn e
American heavies and their fight.
er escort bored into Germany for
the eighth major raid of the month
and returning crews reported the
German fighter force apparently
exhausted by the weight of recent
daylight attacks. for hardly a sin.
gle enemy tighter was sighted in
the sky. One crewman reported
bombs hit squarely on the target,
observed through a break in the
cloudy wintry sky.
The Germans acknowledged con.
siderable damage to Berlin from
the night pounding, complaining
that the British attacked under ia.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-20
AREA EVACUATED
Concentrated Attack By
Nazis Forces Soviet
Withdrawal
FOE MAKES BIG CLAIM
Enemy Announces Capture
Of Much Materiel,
Prisoners

LONDON, Saturday, Nov.
Russians lost
Zhitomir, the Red army's
westernmost threat to Po-
land and Rumania, yesterday
in their first major reverse
in four months, but the Red
Army dropped troops from
the skies for a new crossing
of the Dnieper and captured
another rail junction 70
miles north of Zhitomir.
Evacuating Zhitomir be-
fore a concentrated German
counter-attack by perhaps
100000 men, the Russians
abandoned a strategic center
they had captured only a
week ago.
The Moscow midnight COM
munique supplement, record.
ed from a broadcast by the
Soviet monitor, failed to men,
ton Zhitomir which the ear
lier war bulletin said had
been evacuated to obtain bet
ter defensive positions.
Germans Announce Victory
The Germans announced tn e ir
first sizeable victory in Russia
since July few hours after the
Russians had admitted their own
retreat. A Berlin radio broadcast
said the Nazis captured large
number of Soviet weapons d
prisoners.
Meanwhile R ssian airborne
units, aided by guerillas struck an
unexpected blow at the Germans,
crossing the Dnieper between Kiev
and Dnepropetrovsk and storming
UP to the town of Cherkasi amid
Nazi confusion. Two thousand Ger
mans were reported killed in the
assault aimed at thanking the Ger
mans holding out to the south in
the Dnieper bend. The action might
also take the pressure off the Rus
SLAMS in the Zhitomir area.
Other airborne troops captured
Ovruch, Is miles north Of Koro-
stem and severed another rail link
between Germany's forces in White
Russia and the Ukraine. They cap
tured trains and other military
equipment, wiped out 1000 Ger
mans, and took more than 30 towns
and hamlets, Moscow said.
The Russians killed a total Of
900 men on all fronts, the Soviet
war bulletin reported.
The German counter-offensive at
Zhitomir appeared so far to be de.
fensive and local, aimed at remov-
Ing the menace to their troops in
the Dnieper bend or at containing
the dangerous Russian salient. It
may mean, however, a German
decision to stabilize the present
line and seek a return to the Dnie.
per for the winter.
Two | IS ago the Russian com.
munique made its first announce
ment of retreat when it told of
abandoning "a few opula tie d
places" in the Zhitomir- Korosty.
shev area. The Germans were re.
ported to have cut the highway
leading east from Zhitomir to Kiev
(Continued on Pare Two. CoI T.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-20
new PLAN BLOCKED
Chief OF Staff Attempts
To-Promulgate Demo-
cratic Setup
yICHY TRIES S0LACE
Laval And Cohorts Report
ed Attempting To
Pacify Marshal

BERN, Switzerland, Nov.
19-(R) - Information leak
ing across the French from
tier tonight said that a num-
her of Marshal Petain's close
friends, including three gen.
erals. had been arrested after
the S7-year-old Chief of State
offered his. resignation in
protest against thwarting his
nlan TO promulgate a Demo-
cratic constitution.
"vichy France = which
meant Pierre Laval and the
Germans - was said to be
exerting every effort to keep
Petsin in office.
Laval Would Be Renowned
susech, which Petain intended
10 make over the radio but which
was barred by the Germans, would
have been an attempt to renounce
Laval as his successor, and put
power in the hands of a national
assembly trusted advices said.
The Marshal was said to have told
trends that he sought a way out
enereby a revolution between the
Vichy regime and the French
Committee of National Liberation
could be avoided.
The Journal de Geneve (Geneva)
published today what it described
as the text Of the speech Petaln
had prepared for broadcasting last
Saturday night, including the de-
cree the marshal intended to pro-
mulgate. Although this was kept
oft the air and It's publication in
the Vichy official gazette was pre-
vented there is already evidence
that it will have it's effect III
France.
Among other things, the edict
abrogated all acts by Lavals gov.
eminent which has collaborated
with the Germans. 1t directed
France back to the democratic
constitution of 1875 and declared
the marshal intended to conserve
bis power until his death, after
which the power would be return
ed to the National Assembly, I'm
less the new constitution he de-
sired came into effect.
The Journal de Geneve said the
complete text of the decree read:
We, Marshal of France and
Chief of State, in view of the con.
Stitution act of July 10, 1910, de-
cree:
Article One: In case that we
should die before We have been
able to bring about a ratification
Of new French constitution fore
seen by PRONUNCIATION in one or
nloTe acts by the CONSTITUTIONAL
law of July 10, 1910, constitutional
power mentioned by article in tie
constitutional law of February Is,
1878 will return to the Senate and
chamber Of Deputies, presently
adjourned, whose reassembly con-
sututes the National Assembly.
Article Two: Application of the
present act abrogates all dispo-
Sltlons taken since July 10, 1910
which impair the power and exer-
else the rights of the National AS
sembly.
Article Three: All dispositions
contrary to the present act are,
ana remain, abrogated."
me newspaper said that in the
speech Petain was to have deliv.
s last Saturday, but which was
S Siocked by the Fuehrer's general
headquarters, tine marshal would
Nontlnued on Page Five; Col g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-20
$25, 161.99 Is Counted
In First Chest Summary

With Wilmingtons $145,39912 campaign now in full
swing campaign workers reported total of $2516199
during the first scheduled day of reporting This amount
represents only completed unit reports and amounts turned
in by the general solicitation groups to the closing hour
Friday night Many units to the campaign have made par
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-20

Continued on Page Five; Col.
Evening star., 1943-05-04
Quarantine Of Doqs
Ordered in Alexandra
To Stamp Out Rabies
All Must Be Licensed:
Health Officer BIumes
Rots for Disease Spread

In move to stamp out rabies in
Alexandria, believed to be carried by
the city's rats, DR.. w. A. Brown,
health officer, said today that until
further notice all dogs in the city
must be licensed and must be con-
fined to the owners premises unless
muzzled or leashed.
Pointing out that there had been
pa rahiss eassss sssFeported in Alexan-
dria Tor I've years through June,
1912, DR.. Brown said six cases of
rabid dogs have been reported since
then and II r&bid animals have been
reported in Fairfax County.
During the last three weeks, DR..
Brown said, Investigators have been
led to believe that rabies exists
among the city's rats and that this
is responsible for the continuance
OF the disease among the city's dogs.
DR.. Browne said that more than so
persons have been given precau-
tionary treatment after animal bites
during the last year.
The Board of Health and the
Health Department recommended
incubation of animals against
rabies at least twice a year, but
warned that this is not absolute pro-
lection.
All persons bitten by an animal
should report the bite at once to
the Health Department and under
go treatment, DR.. Browne said, and
the animal will be held in quaran-
tine. If it dies, the head will be
examined.
Cooperation in rat control was
asked, and persons living in badly
infested areas are urged to employ
an exterminator. Any persons see
ing a dog at large without a leash
or muzzle is urged to report it at
once to the Health Department.
DR.. Browne warned that it may be-
come necessary to prosecute dog
owners who expose both humans
and other dogs to the possibility of
rabies by ignoring these regulations.
Evening star., 1943-05-04

free land have repeatedly to exercise
diligence in order to preserve free
dom.
Lloyd Fletcher, jr., representing
the District Bar Associations Com
mittee on Naturalization, congratu-
lated the candidates for naturaliza-
ton and suggested that many of
them could show their patriotism
and further the American cause in
the present conflict by buying War
bonds and stamps.
Mrs. William E. Richardson, Dis
trtct OF Columbia chairman Of the
Daughters of the American Reyolu-
tion's manual for citizenship COM
mittee, in brief address, told how
early Americans also had come here
from far away lands. "Our ancestors
came from across the water just as
you have done," she said. She pre-
sented the candidates with cards
bearing the Salute to the Flag and
the Americans Greed.
Miss Maude Alton, head of the
Americanization School, extended an
invitation to all OF those naturalized
to attend an II am An American"
program in the Interdepartmental
Auditorium on May 16.
Evening star., 1943-05-04
Education Board 10 Get
Report on Sex Course

A report on sex instruction taught
In the senior high schools health
classes will be presented to the
Board of Education tomorrow by a
special committee authorized by the
board to make a restudy of the
problem.
This was indicated today fol-
lowing meeting of the committee
yesterday in the Office of its chair
man, DR.. Carroll R. Reed, assistant
superintendent of schools.
There were no indications as to
what revisions the committee will
recommend to the board. The re-
study was ordered following protest
by DR.. James A. Cannon of the
Board of Education, who objected to
a course on the reproductive sys-
tenn" and recommended it be de-
leted.
At the special committee meeting
yesterday were DR.. Reed, DR.. Chester
w. Holmes, assistant superintend-
ent OF schools; Hardy L. Pearce ans
DR.. E. B. Henderson of the physi-
cal education department; Donald
Brown, Miss Belle Myers, Miss Isobel
M. Chappell and Mrs. Therese L..
Robinson, teachers.
Evening star., 1943-05-04
lsNRshonimg
sRemimders@

Blue coupons, Book 2-Those marked
G, H and j are good for rationed
canned goods and remain valid
through May 81.
Red coupons, Book 2-These can be
exchanged for meats, butter, mar
garine, fats and oils, cheeses and
canned fish.
Stamps marked E and F are
good now and can be used any
time before May 81.
Stamps lettered G become valid
next Sunday and remain good
through May 81.
Sugar-Stamp No. IL in Book is
good for 5 pounds through May 81.
Coffee-Stamp No. % is now valid
for l pound through May 80.
Fuel oil-No. S coupons are valid for
10 gallons through September 80.
Gasoline-No. 5 A coupons are good
for 3 gallons each through July 81.
B and G coupons, good for 3
gallons each, expire on dates in
dicated in individual books.
Shoes-Stamp II in Book l Is good
for one pair Of shoes through
June Is.
Detailed rdtioning information tpiu
be found on page AZ Of The Sunday
Star each tDeek.
Evening star., 1943-05-04
D. {. Officer Named Head
Of Army College in Britain

Col. Claude E. Stadtman, whose
home is at 1924 Forty fourth street
NV, has been appointed comman-
dant of the American School Gen.
ter, a military university. some
where in England" according to an
Associated Press dispatch from
London.
Col. Studtman moved to Wash
ington two years ago from Trenton,
N. j., where he was called here to
work with the General Staff. His
daughter, Virginia, is librarian at
the Georgetown Library. He has
not been at home much since then,
Mrs. Stadtman said today. He COM
manded an armored regiment In
training and went to England as
liaison officer with Lord Louis
Mountbatten's Commands.
Col. Stadtman joined the Army
before our entry into the World
War. He was in the first provisional
class at Leavenworth. He went to
France with the 53rd Infantry, was
promoted to major, and fought in
the Battle of the Argonne.
He continued in the Army after
the war, graduating from the In
fantry School. the Artillery School,
the General Staff School at Leaven-
owrth and the War College.
At the American School Center in
England he replaces Col Walter G.
Layman, whose home address is the
Kennedy Warren Apartments, Six
teenth street.
Evening star., 1943-05-04

nounced. Speakers were Senator
Davis, Republican, of Pennsylvania
and Representative Celler, Demo-
crat, of New York.
Meanwhile, women of Virginia
have set $4,000, 900 War bond goal
for themselves during May. The
opening feature Of the campaign
will be exercises Sunday at Ken
more in Fredericksburg, where
tribute will be paid to the mother
Of George Washington. Mrs. STAN
ley Reed, wife Of Justice Reed of
the Supreme Court, and Mrs. George
c. Marshall, wife Of the Army chief
Of stad, will be speakers. A wreath
will be placed on the grave of Mary
Washington. Each city and county
will have two quotas-one In money
and one in the war materials that
money viii buy.
Evening star., 1943-05-04
4 Woman Marines
Begin Taking Over
Recruiting Tasks
Man Sergeonts Released
For Combat Service;
EnIistments May Goin

Marine Corps officers look for a
heavy increase in enlistments this
week as four woman marines, Sc
lected from 253 who arrived here
yesterday ready for active duty, be-
gan taking over recruiting work in
the procurement Office at 1920 G
street NV.
The group, Sergts. Madge v. Fam
OF Humboldt, Tenn; Mary E. Hasel-
sWerdt of Santa Ana, Calf; Chris
tine Mantagna of Baltimore and
Florence Offtermaft of Cleveland
began their new tasks and at clos
ing time were we'll on their way to-
ward mastering the details Of the
work.
The women will relieve two re-
cruiting sergeants for combat duty,
Vincent Holland of Boston, and Nor
man Beyl of Sellersburg, Ind. Both
were pleased by the change. They
have been anxious for combat serv-
ice and hope to be sent abroad
within a week or 10 days.
41AcC VI CIlc women 1OrmerlV
were employed by the War Depart
ment and the fourth, Sergt. Hasel-
swerdt, was employed by the Agri-
culture Department. Sergt. Man
tagna was a typist at an Army
motor base while Sergts. Fam and
Offtermatt were secretaries in the
War Department, the latter being
stationed at Cleveland.
Women, it was recalled today,
handled some marine recruiting
work in the last war but their total
force amounted only to 403 members.
That will be exceeded many times
over in this war if the official recruit
ing goal is realized. Woman marines
of World War days had no COM
officers, either. The high
est rank was a sergeant and the
rest were corporals and privates.
Under the present set-up the
women's commander. Ruth Cheney
Streeter, holds the rank of major
and there are other officers in pro-
portion to the number of non-com-
officers and privates.
Evening star., 1943-05-04
Maj. james R. Bromeyer
Reported War Prisoner

Maj. James Richard Bromeyer,
U. S. M. c., son of Mrs. Katherine NJ
Bromeyer, 2701 Connecticut avenue,
reported as missing in the Manila
Bay area last summer, now is listed
as a prisoner of war, his mother has
been informed.
A native of st. Louis, Maj. Bro
meyer graduated from the Naval
Academy in 1887 and attended the
Philadelphia Officers Training
School. At one time he was sta
toned at the Navy Yard here. He
went to Shanghai in 1899, where he
remained until the evacuation of
Manila.
While in Washington he was a
member of the Army and Navy
Club.
Evening star., 1943-05-04
D. {. Rooming Houses
To Get All Compliance
Orders al One Time
District Heads Act to
Correct Complaints on
'PiecemeoI' Changes

Answering some complaints from
operators of boarding, rooming
lodging and apartment houses, the
Commissioners yesterday directed q
consolidation of orders from mum.
cipal agencies as to changes such
operators must make to bring their
buildings into compliance with Dis
trict regulations and law.
In the future, the city heads said,
the owner or occupant of multi
dwelling units will receive ut one
time all orders for changes neces-
sary for compliance.
Ban Verbal Orders.
They directed, further, that city
inspectors shall not issue verbal
orders or statements to operators
at the time inspections are being
made.
On the first point, the Commits
SionerS said:
"At recent public hearings on fire
escapes several complaints were
made that in the past an owner
would receive an order to make Ger
tain alterations or installations, and
subsequently might receive orders
from the Health Department or the
fire marshal or the electrical in
spector to perform additional work.
Permits Co-ordinated Plans.
I'm many cases it was claimed
that If the owner had been aware
of the total cost involved he might
have elected to change his plans; or
that if he could have awarded all
the work to one contractor, a con-
siderable savings would result. This
action of the Commissioners is de-
signed to correct this situation
AS to verbal orders, the Commits
sioners said:
complaints have been received
that an inspector would state that
no work would be required and that
subsequently written orders have
been received from the inspector of
buildings requiring certain work.
The action of the Commissioners
is designed to eliminate such COM
plants"
Evening star., 1943-05-04
Woman Marines Will Wear Seersucker
BY JOE RICHMAN.

All military service personnel Of
ficially will change over to summer
uniforms May Is, but leave it to
the marines this time the Marine
Corps Women's Reserve, to turn up
with something new and different.
Because of priority problems. the
feminine marines probably will not
have their summer uniforms until
around May 20. When they make
their changeover, however, it will
be radical departure" from all
other uniforms, Marine Corps Of
ficial said.
Designed for practically, and
completely washable, the summer
uniform of the Marine Corps Wom-
ems Reserve will be q 'two-piece
green and white striped seersucker
suit, with short sleeves and turned
down collar. The uniform will not
require a shirt or tie.
The uniforms smart cut will have
a fitted jacket, with five white bone
buttons and shoulder tabs, and a
fared skirt. Altogether, 1t will have
four pockets.
Completing the outfit will be q
green cotton gabardine hat piped
with white, green handbag of the
same material piped in white, short
white gloves and brown shoes.
For dress, the woman marines will
wear a white uniform with brass
buttons, a green hat and bag and
white pump shoes. The officers will
wear silver and gold insignia and
the enlisted personnel will wear
brass insignia.
Regular Marine Corps personnel
here will change into light khaki
field uniforms May Is. Omcers
will wear dress whites on special
occasions, If they have them.
The Army, which will change to
summer wear on the same date, will
wear shirts, trousers, cap and belt,
all OF regulation khaki shade. A
coat of summer material is author
lied for optional wear by officers,
but Is not to be worn habitually on
duty.
WAAC headquarters stated auxil-
iaries will wear summer uniforms Of
the same cut as their winter uni
forms. Uniforms for the auxiliaries
are of cotton twill, but officers are
buying tropical worsted or gabardine
outfits although they may wear the
twill they received when they
entered the service.
Hats for the WAACs will be the
same style as their winter hats, only
lighter. They will wear the same
khaki gloves and the same shoes
and stockings.
Navy officers and chief petty OFF,
GERS will wear khaki or gray work.
ing uniforms, with brown or black
shoes. They will also wear khaki or
gray cap covers or garrison caps.
The Nays enlisted personnel will
wear summer white uniforms. On
special occasions the officers will
wear white dress uniforms.
Uniforms for the WAVES will be
of the same cut as their winter out
fits, made of cotton gabardine ma
terial. They will wear their same
hats with white covers, silk, rayon
or nylon stockings. and black pump
shoes with regulation heels.
The WAVE officers also have a
white dress uniform, which Is op-
tional for enlisted personnel. With
the dress uniform, they will wear
white pumps. ~
Evening star., 1943-05-04
Council Postponed

The annual council of the Mount
Vernon Ladies Association will open
May 13. and not tomorrow as stated
earlier. A special meeting of the
vice regents will be held May u to
elect a regent to succeed the late
Mrs. Horace Mann Towner. Gov.
Darden and the Board Of Visitors
will not make their annual visit to
the council because of wartime re.
strictionS on travel.
Evening star., 1943-05-04
Coast Guardsman's Body
Recovered From River

The body of Gilbert Alfred
Staeff1er, %, Coast Guardsman, sea-
man, second class, of New Rochelle,
N. Y, was found floating of the
Smoot Sand & Gravel Co. dock early
today.
1t was taken to the Morgue by
harbor police where 1t was identified
by 1t. Ira Andrews. executive officer
of the Coast Guard.
According to police, the sailor dis
appeared from Coast Guard boat
on April % when it was moored in
the Georgetown channel near the
Key Bridge.
Evening star., 1943-05-04
laps Holding Husband
OF Fort Myer Woman

Maj. Hueston r. Wynkoop, whose
wife, Mrs. Mary G. Wynkoop, lives
at Fort Myer, Va, is among 211
soldiers listed from Al States and
the Canal Zone who are being held
prisoners by the Japanese, the War
Department announced today.
Maj. Wynkoop, a native OF Bridge
port, Conn, was graduated from
West Point in 1887 and was first
stationed at Vancouver Barracks,
Wash. He was sent to the Philip
pines in January, 1910.
Mrs. Wynkoop is'a daughter of
Maj. Gen. George Grunert, chief of
administrative services. Army Serv-
ice Forces, and Mrs. Grunert. She
works at the Pentagon Building.