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Evening star., 1944-06-23
Soviet Troops Pound
Firms on 3 Fronts
And Score Gains
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOCIATED ffesS-
LONDON, June %. - Russian
troops pounded the Firms on three
fronts In savage fighting yesterday.
scored new advances and took a.
heavy toll In enemy killed and cap-s
tured. Moscow announced today.
A broadcast Russian communique
and other Moscow dispatches gave
this picture OF the continued sue
cess Of the triple offensive:
From the northern tip OF Lake
Onezhskoe tOnega), Red Army units
rolled 10 to is miles westward in the
direction Of Lake Ostero and cleared
a section of the Leningrad-Mur-
mansk railway by capturing three
important stations.
To the south along the svir River
the Red Army expanded It's bridge
head to depth of at least s miles
on the rivers north bank. and cap
tured Podporozhye. district center
of the Leningrad region.
North Of Viipuri, on the Karelian
Isthmus, Marshal Leonid A. Govo-
rows conquering army captured Tall,
5 miles north of the fallen seaport,
as well as several other places in the
fiourishing farming and manufac-
turing belt that extends toward
Helsinki, the Finnish capital.
Govorov's right flank was hitting
toward the rail and highway center
of Lappeenranta fvillmanstrand),
80 miles northwest Of Viipuri. Cap
ture of Lappeenranta would sever
the Firms. main communications
with their forces. estimated at
100 900 men, in the area of Lakes
Ladoga and onezhskoe, far to the
northeast
This penetration could also close
trap on the main Finnish forces
remaining in the Viipuri area and
east Of the Saima Canal. Moscow
dispatches asserted.
An indication of the free fight
ing was given in the Moscow COM
munique, which said single unit
In the Svir offensive wiped out $50
men while another unit on the Ka-
relian Isthmus killed 800 of the en-
emy. In both instances equipment
seized was considerable.
On an unnamed sector a skillful
Soviet outflanking movement result
ed in the slaughter OF 500 Films, the
Russians added
The Finnish communique yester-
day acknowledged a withdrawal as
La result OF attacks In the north but
claimed violent Russian assaults in
the Viipuri sector were repulsed.
The Stockholm newspaper Alton
bladet carried a report, later termed
a fabrication" by the ofiicial Swed-
ish news agency. that Moscow had
offered to end the war against Fin
land If Helsinki would accept the
border agreed on at the end of the
1939-40 war and grant the Russians
concessions to aid in continuing
campaign against seven German
Army divisions in Northern Finland.
The newspaper said also that the
German Minister In Helsinki was
bringing pressure on Finland to re-
main In the war, declaring German
troops would refuse to leave In
event of a Russo Finnish peace.
The British radio quoted its Stock
holm reporter, Norman Mcdonald,
as saying German pocket battle
ship and the heavy cruiser Admiral
Hipper ARE now of the Finnish
West coast port of Abo." The broad
cast, recorded by CHS, said the Ger
mans were believed risking the ships
either to prevent Russian occupa-
ton of the Aaland Islands, between
Finland and Sweden, or to get the
Germans away from Finland"
Evening star., 1944-06-23
De GauIIe Consents
To Liaison Activities
Under Allied Control
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
SUPREME ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS, June %. Gen
Charles de Gaulle, reversing his
previous stand, has agreed tc
allow French representatives tc
serve as liaison officers and gov
ernors of freed sections OF
France, under control of su-
preme headquarters.
A reliable source SAID today ths
arrangement was made without any
formal agreement, or even meeting
between Gen. Eisenhower and Gen
De Gaulle, and is on a day-to-day
basis.
For some months Gen. de Gaulle's
representative, Brig. Gen. Joseph P
Koenig. has been working informally
with supreme representatives in
preparing a group of French officers
to administer civil affairs in France
on liaison basis. Similar agree
ments were worked out with the
Dutch and Norwegian governments.
Informal Negotiations.
Gen. Eisenhower lacked direc-
tive from the British and American
governments to deal with the
French and Gen. Koenig did not
have full power to enter into any
binding agreement, so the negotia-
tions were carried on informally.
When Gen. de Gaulle arrived in
London he Cancelled the tentative
arrangements few hours before D.
day, leaving the civil affairs without
any plan. He later let handful of
officers go to France to serve in
uaison capacities.
Then, when he himself went to
France, Gen. de Gaulle took his own
group of officers and installed them
in civil affairs positions, and said
his French Committee OF National
Liberation would act on its own.
No further conferences were held
by Gen. de Gaulle and Gen. Eisen-
hover, nor were any agreements
reached.
But suddenly, few Gays ago, Gen.
Koenig informed the supreme COM
mand that Gen. de Gaulle was ready
to go through with the original ar
rangements for the time being, at
least.
HE was asked If this meant the
officers De Gaulle took to France
would come under the agreement
and operate with Koenig and thus
with supreme Allied headquarters"
the informant said. He replied
that they would"
Since then all French officers in
France have been cooperating with
the Allied civil affairs groups.
The United States and Britain
have refrained from recognizing De
Gaulle's committee as the provision
al government of France.
Evening star., 1944-06-23
Byrd
Continued From First PaQe,l


that his responsibility was to pre-
side over the convention.
Byrd Assails Guffey.
Senator Byrd himself was not i'm
mediately available for comment
He was on the floor of the Senate
submitting a report by his Economy
Committee and incidentally taking
time out to accuse Senator Guffey,
Democrat, OF Pennsylvania of MAX
ing "a cowardly attack" on an ab-
sent Senator.
Senator Guffey had taken the
floor earlier to excoriate Senator
Bailey, Democrat, of North Carolina
for a speech several weeks ago call
ing CIO leaders Philip Murray and
Sidney Hillman Communists.
Il have been In the Senate IL
years and have never seen more
bitter vindictive and think more
untruthful attack on an absent Sen
ator," Senator Byrd stated
He said Senator Bailey was absent
for necessary operation.
Senator Guffey knew he was not
here today" the Virginian said
and yet he selected this day to
make this malicious and unwar-
santed attack on him
Evening star., 1944-06-23

had been good, 1t. Day told his
wife to save up on chocolates" for
his return.
Born in Schenectady, N. Y, 1t.
Day was graduated from Bethesda
Chevy Chase High School in 1910.
He attended Williams College and
the University Of Maryland, leaving
the latter institution to enlist as
an aviation cadet in May 1912 Re-
porting for active duty at San
Antonio, Tex. he received his wings
as bombardier at Big Springs,
Tex, in June, 1943. 1t. Day arrived
in England on his birthday, Novem-
Der 13, l943. He had more than 25
missions at the time his plane was
shot down April II. He was made
a first lieutenant in March 1914.
Tech. Fifth Grade William P. Jen-
kins, 81, a native of Washington.
entered the army from Eastern High
School in June, 1885, and served
Evening star., 1944-06-23
New~York Publisher Sues
Times-Heruld for Million

Two suits, each asking $50o,000
in damages, were filed in District
Court yesterday by Mrs. Dorothy S.
Thackrey, owner and publisher of
the New York Post. and her hus-
band, Theodore Olfn Thackrey, edi-
tor and general manager, against
the Washington Times-Herald, its
publisher, Mrs. Eleanor M. Patter-
son, and Austine Cassini, society
columnist
The suits are based On articles
printed by the newspaper which,
the bills of complaint charge, we're
false and defamatory.
Evening star., 1944-06-23

In M e m p h / S,
Tenn, S e I g t.
Abner was grad
u a t e d ro m
George w a s h
/ n 6 t o n High
School in Alex
andria in 1888.
He was working
for w a / t er G..
Davis, an elec-
trical contractor
at 1909 Prince
street, Alexan-
dria. at the time
he entered the
service in No
Venber, l942. He
Evening star., 1944-06-23

that Il am no
| o n G er flying
with the 9th Air
Force Censor
deletion), we de-
cided to get out
and walk. We
didn't have to
walk far before
we met some
German soldiers
who have been
taking pre- t t y
good care Of us
since" Saying
h is treatment
under t h e &C.
neva Convention
Evening star., 1944-06-23

He received his training at Miami
Fla, and at Las Vegas, New
before going across in December,
1943. His mother, Mrs. Flora o.
White, said she received three post
cards from him from Camp Stalag
Luft No. 6.
Stories about the following men
on the list have appeared in The
Evening Star on the dates noted:
Staff Sergt. Peter M. Adams, 2800
Woodley road, NV, May a. @
Staff Sergt. Harold L. Freay, 1900
Connecticut avenue NV, May 26.
Evening star., 1944-06-23

Beltsyille as a messenger when the
family moved there. Entering the
service in March. 1912, Pvt. Lonas
took his basic training at Camp
Butner, N. c., with the infantry. He
went overseas in January, 1943. He
has four brothers in the service:
Master Sergt. Bernard L. Lonas:
Pvt. William j. Lonas; Stanley E.
Lonas, M. M. M. 3rd class, and
Ralph S. Lonas, seaman End class.
Staff Sergt. Frederick G.. Abner,
jr., "a, of 206 West Glendale avenue,
Alexandria, Va. was reported miss
ing in action before his mother, Mrs.
Julia H. Abner. learned he was a
prisoner of war in Germany. Born
Evening star., 1944-06-23

studied airplane mechanics at
Keesler Field, Miss, and then took
further work at the bomber plant at
Willow Run, Mich, before going
across in January, 1914 He saw ac-
ton in North Africa before being
captured in Italy.
Staff Sergt. John HI. White, 81, of
305 North Barton street, Arlington,
Evening star., 1944-06-23

l, Alexandria, Va, May H.
The two men interned in Ru-
mania are:
Second 1t. George b. Boone, $3.50
Connecticut avenue NV, May l9
and e.
Flight Officer Raymond I. Cady,
4407 Ninth street NV, MAY %.
Evening star., 1944-06-23

two years with
the infantry at
Panama Canal
before receiving
an on O rable
discharge. H e
t h e n returned
here to work for
Sears. Roebuck
e. Co, at the
B | a d e n S b urg
road NE. store.
leaving to re-
enlist in May,
1912. Following
training in de-
molition work at
Evening star., 1944-06-23
Big Takers Warned

LOUISVILLE, KY (P).-Over a
pay telephone in downtown res
taurant here is picture of a vide
mouthed fish accompanied by the
remark: Even little fish get into
trouble for opening their mouths
too often"
Evening star., 1944-06-23

Va, was aerial
g u n n e r in the
plane shot down
ver Germany
in March. A ma
tive of Washing
ton. he attended
Westinghouse
High School In
A r | i ngton and
was working as
a W e | d er at
the Portsmouth
Navy Yard, Nor
folk, Va, at the
time he enlisted
in the AAF in
November 1Q41
Evening star., 1944-06-23

uSOilCAS q Ii u
two Ronanian
prisoners in a
w ar Depart
ment casualty
list released to-
day.
Pvt. william
L. Arlington, 19,
of 1906 Forty
ninth S tre e t
NV, was killed
in action on the
Italian from t ,
the War De-
partment h a S
notified his wife
and parents,
Evening star., 1944-06-23

plane shot down
on a mission
over Germany.
Holder of the
Air Medal and
one Oak Leaf
Cluster, he was
on his 18th mis-
sion at the time.
Sergt. Feeney,
manager of a
p o S t al Tele-
6 r a p h G o.
branch at the
time he entered
the AAF. in
March, 1912, re-
ceived his ini-
Evening star., 1944-06-23

OF Mount Jack
son, Va. is a
prisoner of war
in Germay, ac-
cording to a let
ter his parents,
Mr.. a n d Mrs,
Harry S. Lonas
of ia Lafayette
avenue, Laurel,
Md. received re-
Gently. A stu-
dent at Mount
jackson H g h
S c h o o |, h e
worked for the
Agriculture De-
L -
Evening star., 1944-06-23

Stan , e r & I.
Alfred LIE Sage,
$50 L e b a u m
street Sc, May
"a.
S &C on d 1t.
Robert B. Mars
den, Route 3,
Bethesda Sta
ton IA, May 81
and June 4.
S &c on d 1t.
n e n d TICK u.
r e e eS, 5306
w or t h ington
drive NV, May
13.
Staff erg t.
Evening star., 1944-06-23
Congress in Brief
~ the Associated Press

Senate and House drive to COM
plete action on final appropria ton
blus and recess until August /.
House met at 10 am. two hours
before Senate was scheduled to
meet. a
Evening star., 1944-06-23
On the Roll Of Honor
District Soldier Killed in Action;
20 From Area in Prison C. lamps

One District soldier has been
killed in action, his parents have
been notified. while Is other District
area men are listed as German
Evening star., 1944-06-23

she received a day before the War
Department telegram announcing
that he was in an enemy camp.
Pvt. Carroll E. Lonas, 19. a. native
Evening star., 1944-06-23

Tech. S erg t,
James HI. We'd
ding, Bethesda
Station, June 4.
1t. Newton G.
Wilbur, I'd. 1929
= Whittier street
NV, May l8
and June z.
5 eco n d 1t.
Vivian ID. Low
ing, 1888 North
Bluemont drive,
Arlington, Va,
May 2.
Staff S erg t.
c h aries w.
Vaughan Route
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-14
Wallace Faces
Contest for
Place on Ticket

WASHINGTON, Feb. IA. CUP)-
Vice President Henry A. Wallace's
active campaigning for renomina-
ion on his transcontinental tour
Monday foreshadoWs bitter con-
test at the Forthcoming Democratic
national convention.
It appears that conservative Dem
ocrats, finding themselves unable
to block or even to impede momen-
tarily the fourth term renomina-
ton of President Roosevelt, will be
minded next July in Chicago to
Wreak their vengeance on Wallace
if they can. They want a party
stalWart on the ticket.
Whether the question of Wallace S
denomination reaches convention
floor showdown will depend entirely
on Mr.. Roosevelt. If MI. Roosevelt
wants him again, he will have to
lick the party regulars to put Wal
lace over.
A great many observers here be-
lieve the president decided last
summer to discard his 1910 running
mate. That was when Secretary of
Commerce Jesse H. Jones and Wal
lace disputed conduct of foreign
economic policy. Wallace then was
head of the board of economic war;
fare and an important figure in
Mr.. Roosevelts war councils.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-14
Western States Demand
Tuxinq Of u. s. Lands

cal taxes" and has worked a decid-
ed hardship on western states 1t
was explained in the demand fol
the right to tax such federally own
ed property until it is placed under
private ownership after being OPEN
ed to competitive bidding.
WEST DEMANDS SET OUT
Westerners should be placed in
charge of all properties such as
Geneva Steel when they are return
ed to private ownership, and such
western management is desirabi :
even during federal operation, it
was stressed.
A charge the Geneva project was
deliberately delayed by the United
States Steel Corp" was denied in
telegram to the conference from
B. F.. FairleSS, president of the
corporation. The charge that some
body was dragging their feet bad
ly" in connection with the compile
ton of the Geneva plant was made
by Chad Calhoun, vice president of
the Kaiser Corp. which operates
the Fontana, Calf, steel mill.
In his telegram Fairless SAID
construction of this (Geneva) plant
has been controlled from the star.
by priorities and scheduling of the
WPB and has been completed as
eXpeditiously as government lim.-
tations would permit"
FREE ENTERPRISE
Governor E. P. Carville, of Neva-
da, in the principal address at the
convention said a return to a sys-
tenn of free enterprise as soon as
possible after the termination of
the war was a necessity if the
American way of life is to continue.
U. S. Senator Pat McCarran, CD,
Nevada, head of the senate COM
mittee for decentralization of the
steel industry said residents of Utah
tContinued on page 6, col. q
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-14
Russian Forces
Near Pskov,
.latvia Gateway

MOSCOW, Feb. IA. UP)-RuSsian
troops converged Monday on Pskov,
gateway to Latvia, at pace limited
only by their ability to negotiate
difficult marshes and swamps, while
the Nazis reported evacuating key
personnel from Pskov, Minsk, Talimi
and Kowel.
Red army columns were ap-
preaching PSkov from three direc-
lions under forced march after Ger
man resistance collapsed on a broad
frcnt coincident with the capture
of Luga and the clearing of the
Lake Peipus shore.
Delayed field dispatches said ,-.e
Soviet vanguard was less than 40
miles from Pskov, and reports of a
virtually unimpeded advance indi-
Gated the distance was now much
less.
CA British broadcast quoted Mos
cow advices that Soviet cavalry and
light tanks pursuing the Nazis were
within so miles of Pskov and the
German garrison of the city was
hurrying road blocks and defenSes
on it's outskirts.)
Meanwhile Ilya luxembourg, lead
ing Soviet journalist, reported that
Gestapo offices and Nazi civil ad-
ministrators were pulling out of
PskOv and the big white Russian
base of Minsk to the south; Tai
linn, capital of Estonia; and Kowel
in the prewar sector of old Poland
where the Soviets had captured
Rovno and Luck.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-14
Harry Hopkins
Son Killed

KWAJALEIN, Feb. 2-Delayed
-CUP)-Private First Class Ste
phen Hopkins, 18, son Of Harry
Hopkins, advisor to President Ro-
)sevelt, was killed few hours after
landing with the Marines on Ma
mur Island in the invasion of the
MarShallS.
Hopkins, a rifleman who was
popular among the marines, land
ed with a unit which bore the
brunt Of fighting in tree to tree
pursuit of the enemy. He was kill
ed in a Sniper melee.
Enroute to Kwajalein, before
the attack, Hopkins company COM
mander described him as good
marine"
The youth left Marine Officers
Candidate School in order to OBJ
tain combat duty with the Fourth
Marine division An Older brother
David, is a naval officer aboard
| warship.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-14

lieu We are IOC SOlIS OdCh
declared. "The mess is entirely the
fault of the water and power COM
mission"
The strike followed negotiations
for a wage increase that began
last June. Union Business Manager
E. P. Taylor recently sent letter
to Department Manager H. A. Van
Norman threatening drastic ac-
ton" unless the workers wage de-
mands were satisfied.
Taylor added that employees had
finally become so exaSperated by
dilatory tactics of the board of
water and power that they feel only
drastic action will force the depart
ment to realize the seriousness of
the situation"
Mayor Fletcher Bowron described
the walkout as violation of Demo-
cratic principles and said he stood
firmly on the unqualified statement
that civil service emL:oyes do not
have the legal right to strike"
The commission announced its
wage boost would be for the remain
der Of the fiscal year and that it
would in the meantime consider
larger increases in line with war
labor board restrictions and prevail
ing rates paid by other local govern
ment agencies.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-14
Famed Monastery
Houses Nazis;
Will Be Bombed
American 5th Army
Prepares to End
German Occupancy

LONDON, Feb a. CUP)-The
Fifth army, overriding an appeal
from the Vatican, has begun an in
tense artillery bombardment of
Italy's 1,4l5-year- Benedictine
monastery on Mount Casino, Rome
radio said Monday.
Damage to the monastery was
huge" the Nazi-controlled broad
cast said.
There was no immediate con-
firmation of the report, but Allied
headquarters in Italy Sun y
charged the Germans had converted
the monastery overlooking er1bat-
tied Casino into a fortress and, al
though the Vatican has asked us to
spare it, we may be unable to avoid
the issue any longer"
WILL BE SHELLED
Robert Vermillion, United Press
war correspondent at Allied head
quarters, said it could be assumed
that Allied gunners will begin bonn
harding the monastery soon if they
had not already done So
The Germans first established an
artillery observation post in the
monastery, then placed artillery
pieces within the shadows of its
walls and finally were reported to
have begun firing on American
troops in Casino from the abbey
itself.
Standing atop an 180O-foot hill,
the monastery commands the entire
Casino battlefield and as a mill
tary objective is considered even
more important than Casino itself,
where street fighting has been rag
ing for 13 days.
A front dispatch said an Ameri-
can artillery battery commander a
week ago protested against Lieut..
Gen. Mark w. Clarks previous or
ders that the historic monastery be
spared.
I have Catholic gunners in this
battery and they've asked me for
permission to fire on the monastery,
Tut 1 was unable to give it to them, 8
he said They don't like it."
The dispatch reported that SOL
diers all along the Italian front
never have agreed with those who
express concern over historical or
religious structures, especially when
the sparing of them means an extra
expenditure of Allied lives.
Lord Beaverbrook's London Daily
Express in an editorial protested
that the Lives of our men must not
be sacrificed to preserve the once
hallowed stones which now shelter
German troops"
The Allied commands warning
that the monastery founded by 81.
Benedict in the year 529 would be
lowed a similar statement Saturday
that Allied bomberS might "of
necessity" bomb Castel Gandolfo,
site of the Pope's summer farm,
because of lgrae concentrations of
/ German troops there.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-14
E. Officer Dies
In England

Ell Centrans were saddened whel
they learned Monday that Captain
Joseph Avandeno. former Ell Centre
resident, had been killed in Eng
land January 81.
The war department sent a mes
sage to Miss Gloria Paganini, Cap
tain Avandeno was to marry az
soon as he returned to the United
States, but did not give her the
details of Captain Avandeno's death,
He had completed the so missions
allotted him by the United States
army air corps and was due to re-
turn home Immediately for service
in this country.
Captain Avandeno attended school
II Ell Centre and has a brother
David Avandeno, living in Brawley
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-14

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Feb. IA. (UP)
Illinois Democrats will not enter
the name of President Roosevelt in
the states April II primary "out of
Difference to the President, who has
not made any statement that he
intends to be a candidate" Edward
P. Allen, Democratic state chairman,
announced.
Allen gave no further explanation,
but it was understood the decision
to revise earlier plans to enter Mr..
Roosevelt was made after Allen con-
ferred with Mayor Edward j. Kelly
of Chicago, Illinois national COM
mitteemen and the national COM
mittee itself at Washington.
The decision against entering the
Presidents name, and the recent
announcement of Col. Robert r. Nc
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-14
Valley Pastures
Receive Study

Professor B. J. Jones of the Uni
versity of California and E. Kroeger
of Scott county, Iowa, are in I'M
perial Valley to make a study of
permanent pasture projects.
On Monday they inspected the
Harold Hunt permanent pastures in
the southern part of the valley the
Fleming ranch in the inland area,
the Sinclair ranch in the northern
district, and the permanent pas
lures on the old Aten ranch in the
northern part of the district.
Professor Jones is credited with
writing the first extension bulletin
advocating the development of per-
manent pastures in California.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-02-14
ALLIES renew OFFENSIVE BELOW R0m|
Mad Yankees
Start Battle

WITH FIFTH ARMY IN
ITALY, Feb. 13. Delayed (UP)
Headquarters finally learned
Monday what caused an un-
planned battle on Mount CASH
no several days ago.
A German sniper shot an
American soldier and when the
Stretcher bearers went out to
pick up the wounded, they also
were fired upon from a German
strongpoint.
Enraged doughboys who wit
messed the action stormed the
German position, killing every
Nazi there but attracting :.
heavy barrage from German
artillery.
The battle was on and it took
one general and four colonies
to stop it.