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Pacific
Continued From First Page.)

completely by surprise. Lights of
Davao, capital of Mindanao, were
ablaze. A ship was discharging cargo
under f1oodlights near. an airport.
The flyers clearly could see their
four 500-pound bombs burst on .the
airfield.
1t. Grant Jensen of Kenosha,
Wis, who piloted the first Liberator
during its flight of 10 hours and As
minutes, told Spencer Davis, Asso-
ciated Press war correspondent, at
a bomber base of Dutch New
Guinea:
THE Japs were too surprised to
fire a shot at U.S."
Iiberators on all three raids
got back safely, BIC broadcast
in an account recorded in New
York by NBC)
Gen. MacArthur's report today
also listed aerial blasts along the
south approaches to the Philip
pines-Halmahera, off which two
enemy freighters were hit; Ceram,
where new fires were started in Oil
stores, Amboina and Boeroe, where
alrflelds were cratered.
Gen. Macarthur got in position to
open the air way on the Philippines
by leapfrogging up the New Guinea
coast. He thus bypassed enemy gar
risons which had hoped to make it
a long -drawn-out advance. Today
the general announced a great VIC
tory over the largest OF those by.
passed garrisons near Wewak.
This crushing defeat has de-
stroyed the combat effectiveness OF
Gen. Adachi's 18th Army" he said
Its casualties over the pas,
month are conservatively estimated
at approximately $4,000 in dead o,
wounded"
The l0,971 japanese dead counted
on Guam made a total of 1851
killed in ground fighting there, or
Saipan and Tinian.
Marines and soldiers beat the
underbrush of North Guam fol-
Japanese survivors, who surprisingly
failed to die gloriously for the EN-.
peror in fanatical counterattack
as they did at Saipan.
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Automobile Use Tax
Curb Service Set Up
By Revenue Bureau

District motorists who have neg
lected to buy their motor vehicle
use tax stamps will be offered curb
service" to comply with the law, the
Internal Revenue Bureau announced
today.
Officials of the agency said that
beginning today their agents would
begin survey of the Washington
Metropolitan Area in an effort to
spot car owners who have failed to
buy the IS tax stamp. The agents,
it was said, would be equipped with
the stamps and would offer them
for sale on the spot if the car own
er was available.
The cooperation of the Police
Department will be sought to en-
force the law. In the event an
owner refuses to comply, he will be
given a summons to appear at the
Office of the collector of internal
revenue. Failure to buy the stamp
carries the penalty of a maximum
fine of $25 or aGail sentence of 80
days, or both, and failure to display
the stamp prominently on the We
hlcle carries maximum fine of $25.
The American Automobile Asso-
citation charged yesterday that lad
minlStrative irregularities" were re-
sulting in a serious overcharge to
motorists and contended that both
the Post Office Department and the
Bureau of Internal Revenue were
violating the requirements of the
law.
The organization said that both
agencies were derelict in their duties
by not placing on sale in all post
offices the prorated stamp which
decreases in price with each sue
ceeding month. 1t said the neces-
isity of applying to regional Offices
of the Internal Revenue Bureau fol
the prorated stamps was causing
great hardship to motorists.
In reply the bureau said the de-
mard for the stamps had decreased
to such an extent that the cost OF
offering them for sale in all post
Offices had become prohibitive.
An official pointed out that during
tho fiscal year of 1894 the bureau
had realized s989,3s2 in revenue
from the sale of stamps, while last
year the amount dropped to 1896, 1898
and this year waS expected to be
considerably lower.
The rate of compliance so far this
year has been approximately the
same as last, one official said. The
policy of placing agents on the
streets to enforce the measure will
be in line with the practice followed
in previous years, he added.
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Roosevelt Offers Wallace
u. ). Post II Reelected

By the Associated Press.
An associate of Vice President
Wallace said today Mr.. Wallace had
been told by President Roosevelt
that an important Government post
will be available to him if the
Roosevelt Truman ticket is elected
in November.
Mr.. Wallace refused to comment
or to indicate whether he would &C
cept.
At the same time, friends said
there had been no change in his
plans to campaign for Mr.. Roose-
velt's reelection.
Earlier in the week Senator Pep
per, Democrat, of Florida told an
interviewer Mr.. Wallace would make
several talks" during the campaign.
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Back From the Wars
Seobees Fine Artisans,
Says Ex-D. C.. School Catcher

Bobcats" the first group to 60 over
seas. His return short time age
was the first visit after 26 months in
the South Pacific.
| Mate Augusterfer said the Seabees
worked "a hours day constructing
tanks and runways in the early part
of their island duty. The spirit OF
the men was high, he declared, and
corporation was the keynote. Sew
eral Washington men were in the
detachment, among them being
Robert Bayns, Kenneth Scates and
Robert Adams.
Our talk?" Mate Augusterfer said
Get two Washington men together
anywhere and the first thing they
do is talk about Washington. That's
what we did"
Dined With Natives.
His most enjoyable experience was
an invitation for dinner to the grass
hut of native.
They served native and some
American dishes like fried chicken, u
he explained The most unusual
dish was octopus covered with COCO
nut milk. 1t was a real delicacy.'
The natives are very friendly, he
added, and never forget a favor.
Mate Augusterfer was working fol-
the Government Printing ONCE a.
an electrician at the time he entered
the service. His brother, 1t. D. w
Augusterfer, was construction en-.
gineer on Henderson Field, Guadal.
canal, at the time the Japs attacked
He later died of natural causes.
The Seabee, who has since re.
turned to duty, was married to Ger.
trude Ruzicka of Washington OF
July 3.
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Hospital
Continued From First Page.

been made to Washington hospital
facilities for many years. In some
cases hospital buildings are situated
SO as to prohibit expansion, except
at prohibltive cost -"
ITO speak frankly, if we tolerate
further the deplorable hospital con-
ditions, the overcrowding and the
lack of modern facilities in the Ma
tons Capital, it would be a dis
grace. More than that, it might lead
to serious epidemic, unless cor
receive measures are taken"
He recalled that in 1941 there was
a shortage of 1000 hospital beds.
Since then the population has
grown rapidly, TOO extra beds have
been set up in wards, ALREADY pitt
fully crowded and congested."
Vast Increase Since 1920.
The population of Washington
since 1920 has increased 100 per
cent, whereas the number of hos
pital beds has increased by only So
per cent, he continued. This means,
he added, that while the population
has more than doubled, the number
OF hospital beds has increased by
only one-half.
There are now about three and
one-half beds per thousand of pop
ulation, whereas health standards
would call for five beds per 1000,
said Senator Tydings, estimating
that the present bed shortage is
2,100 beds. He declared that, of
the beds now available, about 1000
were provided as the expense of
overcrowding.
Questioned as to what would be-
come of the existing plants of the
private hospitals participating in
the center. Senator Tydings said
that was one of the details to be
worked out.
Provision is made in the bill that
the corporation operating the CEN
ter, at its discretion, may enter into
agreements with any voluntary hos
pital In the District, rendering serv-
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By the Associated Press.

An Army officer stricken with in
fantile paralysis while in a remote
corner of the Chinese hinterland
was kept alive for IA days by artifl-
cial respiration-long enough for
him to be flown out to help.
The War Department, reporting
the incident yesterday, said he is
Second 1t. Robert Wesselhoeft, jr.
81, of Westwood, Mass, who became
i'll while on an AAF mapping party
He managed to hold himself in the
saddle of horse for two DAYS, until
the party could reach the home of
a missionary.
A wireless message was sent to the
nearest station of the China India
Burma wing of the Air Transport
Command. Meanwhile, 1t. Vessel
hoeft was kept alive by artificial
respiration administered by others
In the party and by six Chinese hired
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U. 5. Bombers Attack
AirfieIds Near Paris,
Yards in Saarbrucken
By the Associated Press.

os tLS AooOCldted Etess.
LONDON. Aug. ll.-American
heavy bombers smashed in force
today at oil dumps and airfields
near Paris and at rail yards in
the German border city OF Saar-
brucken and the Alsace Lorraine
cities of Strasbourg Mulhouse and
Belfort.
All the rail yards were bottle
necks for German troops which in
vasion headquarters reported earlier
today were moving westward" to-
ward the French front. Railway
facilities through Strasbourg, Ant
werp, Brussels, Metz, Lille and
Sedan was bombed during the night.
Before dawn, up to 1000 heavy
British bombers attacked oil sup
plies for submarines, trains and
other targets, while Mosquitoes gave
Berlin residents another restless
night by dropping two-ton block
busters on the German capital.
Up to 1000 American planes, half
of them Flying Fortresses and Lib
orators, bombed and strafed these
detectives:
Fuel dumps at st. Florentin and
Pacy on the Armancon River rs
miles southeast of Paris.
Airfields at Villacoublay on the
outskirts of Paris, Toussus- le- Noble
southwest of the Capital. and Cou-
lommiers, 30 miles east.
Railyards at Mulhouse and Bel
fort in Alsace-Lorraine near the
Rhine
The Berlin radio reported day
light fighter bomber formations over
Southwestern Germany, and single
planes over Northwestern Germany,
Franconia and Bavaria.
Weather over the French battle
area was unusually good this morn
ing and showed promise of remain
ing that way.
The British heavy bombers struck
at oil-storage depots for U-boats at
Bordeaux and La Pallice-the only
bases left to Hitler's submarines
which once fought the battle of the
Atlantic from the Bay Of Biscay
coast.
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Husband Held Here
For Extradition in
Fatal Shooting Of Wife

Victor Risi, 80, of the 1000 block
Of North Carolina avenue Sc, who
yesterday surrendered 10 police in
the fatal shooting of his wife, Mrs.
lula Risi, 40, of 1880 G street NE,
on a wooded knoll near Oxon Hill,
Md, was held at the first precinct
today pending extradition to Mary
land.
Small, dark complexioned and
seemingly bewildered by the rapid
succession of events that followed
the tragedy, Risi was to appear in
court today with his attorney, for
mer Asst. District Attorney Allen
Krouse. Risi is held on a technical
charge Of being fugitive from JUS
tice. A truck driver at the Belle
vue Powder Magazine, he was ex-
pected to waive extradition.
The shooting occurred in a heav-
lily wooded, secluded spot about 100
yards beyond the District line about
1870 pm. Several hours later Risi,
after returning for a change of
clothing and accompanied by Mr..
Krouse, surrendered at police head
quarters.
Had Appointment With Wife.
Police said Risi had an appoint
ment to take his wife, a bookkeeper
for the Hechinger Building Supply
Co., to Mr.. Krouse's ONCE at /: 80
pm. yesterday to discuss the division
hal
owned jointly and recently sold. At
3:45, police said, Risi telephoned the
lawyer, saying he would see him "in
few minutes"
Mr.. Krouse said Risi had discussed
getting a divorce with him, but
that no steps in that direction act
ually had been taken.
The exact location of the shooting
has not been definitely ascertaihed
and police today were checking tc
determine If the wife was shot in
Risis car and left to die on the
wooded knoll. Two bullet holes were
found in the car. Police records
show that in May a loaded shot
gun was found in Risi's car but
no action was taken against him.
Doesn't Remember Shooting.
Recounting the events leading ur
to the shooting, Risi yesterday tolc
police he was talking to his wife
when she suddenly pulled out a pis.
tol. He said he grabbed it from
her, then his mind went blank. He
could mt ron, op,har fvi,,r Tho fot,'
shots, one of which drilled through
his wife's forehead.
An autopsy was to be performed
today by DR.. James I. Boyd, deputy
medical examiner of Prince George:
County, at the Richie funera
home, Upper Marlboro, to deter
mine If death was instantaneous
1t is believed that two shots were
fired. While the pistol had not
been recovered today, police said Il
appeared to be a 45-caliber. The
woods were being secured for the
death weapon.
Police Taken to Scene.
Risi surrendered here, police said
because he believed the shooting oc'
Cured in the District. The body wa
found just beyond Southern avenue
the borderline in that section of tn
city.
After giving himself up. Risi tool
police to the scene where they foun,
the wife's body. She was full
clothed with the exception of he
shoes, which were found togethe
beside the body. Her wrist watcl
had stopped at 1:50 pm.
Risi, naturalized citizen, came t
this country from Italy in 1922
When he and his wife were marie,
was not disclosed, but police sal,
Risi said they separated in February
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Aircraft
Continued From First Page.)

las to provide jobs for surplus work.
ers there.
Production of the PAT Thunder.
bolt by North American at Evans.
vile will be reduced in an amour
mot fully determined it was stated
Some 1,400 skilled tire manufsc-
turers who went into aircraft work
In Akron may be steered back int
production of critically needed heavy
truck and bus tires by the removal
of some aircraft parts production
from Goodyear and perhaps two
other Akron aircraft subcontractors
officials said
The airplare production cut
back, extending as it does over a
period of a year, will not meet the
existing acute demand for workers
In other vital programs" said Ar
thur H. Bunker. director of the
WPB's Production Executive Com
mittee staff, through whom all cut
backs are cleared in advance.
Overall Output to Rise.
1t has been estimated that 100000
workers will be needed in urgent
war jobs this fall. 1T is necessary
to emphasize" Mr.. Bunker con.
tinued, that the overall production
for the armed forces is scheduled
to increase substantially during the
balance of this year, and that the
decrease in the airplane output rep.
resents only one-third of the in.
crease in the overall Army program
still to be met
The cutback is not intended a.
any reflection upon the plants, bu
rather has been caused by the tigh
labor situation and general produc.
ton picture Mr.. Bunker said. "Tht
reason for placing the immediate
cutback upon Higgins is that thi.
company is not yet in production
and facilities in the Curtiss7 Wrigh
plants already operating will be suf
ficient."
The Curtis plants at st. Louis ane
Louisville, where Commands art
assembled, will seek production
schedule of so planes a month in
stead of a previously planned 1O'
monthly. The 5O-plane pace ha
not yet been reached. At Buffalo
Curtiss will work toward $50 plane
a month, tapering off to 100 in mid
1945.
At Louisville, employment mus
be increased rather than reduced
to match the new schedule, although
the increase will not be as great a
under the old schedule. At Buffal'
the labor picture will be unchanget
through this year and early 1945.
The cut in Liberator bomber pro
duction at Willow Run and Sal
Diego will be from 26 to IA a day
the rate to depend upon the speet
with which Consolidated can ge
into production of the B-32. Willoy
Run, officials said, will drop from
IA planes day-which is not it
peak capacity-to bombers daily.
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1T had never been done before, +"
he said, but that didn't stop us.
We had to get an inSulator some
how, and this was it. Anyway,
many of the tools we made came
from all sorts of junk. The bunch
could certainly perform miracles
with practically nothing"
Native of Capital.
A native of Washington. the "a
year-old former catcher for the
Mckinley High School baseball team
joined the Seabees in January, 1912
He was assigned to the LIST Construc-
ton Detachment, known as the
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hole as vantage point from which
to attack Japanese snipers on Roi in
Kwkajalein Atoll.
He pulled the pin on grenade to
hurl it against an enemy position
1t slipped from his hand and rolled
down to the bottom of the she'll
hole.
"Oh, my God" he cried. Then he
hurled himself on the grenade be-
fore 1t exploded. His body took the
full force of the explosion. His
three companions lived,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-11

ule III h SQeuQOle
on Roi to save
the lives of three
companions.
The Navy re-
lated this yester-
day in ANNOUNCE
ing award of the
c on gr essional
Medal of Honor
to the 22-year-
old leatherneck
t r m Port
A n g e les and
Tacoma, Wash.
Pvt. Anderson,
the Navy said,
chose the she'll.
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Weather Report

District of Columbia and
sunny this afternoon, high in low
COS. Warmer tonight than last
night, low above TO- Tomorrow
very hot and sunny, high In upper
COS. Thundershowers and cooler to-
morrow night or Sunday.
Maryland and Virginia-Clear to-
night and tomorrow. Not so cool
tonight, very hot tomorrow. Thun-
dershowers and cooler tomorrow
night or Sunday.
River Report
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
clear at Harpers Ferry. Potomac
clear at Great Falls.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-11

Out! vi course
not. They need
ed an insulator;
the bottle was
the only thing
handy, and the
pro b ! e m was
soon solved.
Ernest H. Au-
gusterfer, jr., "a,
e ! e c t r ! c i ans
mate 1/c, of 1922
New Hampshire
a V e n ue NV,
grinned broadly
as he told how
proud the bunch
felt about h i S
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-11
Back From the Wars

Leave it to the Seabees to find
hidden virtues in prosaic things.
Take the ordinary pop bottle. Does
it suggest an insulator? 1t does
not. Did that make any difference
to the Seabees on Southwest Pa
ciflc island getting shocks from
wires tied to trees and grounding
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| Medal of Honor
| Awarded Marine
| In Roi Sacrifice
BY the Associated Press.

Death before Dishonor."
That motto was borne in .tattoed
lettering on the arm of Marine Pvt.
Richard B. Anderson, who gave his
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Your War Bond dollars will speed
the march through Tokyo and Ber-
lin!
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Tide Tables.
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Japs Minimize Damage.

Your War Bond dollars will speed
the march through Tokyo and Der.
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Record for Last "a Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon today)
HiRhest. 81. 1855 pm. Year ago, SO.
Lowest. st, 6:3S am. Year ago, ~.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 9s. on June is.
Lowest, II, on January Q.
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Humidity for Last "a Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon today
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Report for Last "a Hours.
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Precipitation
Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Capital current month to datel:

Automobile lightS must be turned
one-haH hour after sunset.
Precjpitation
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-31

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send cash or stamps. All checks, drafts
and money orders should be made payable
to THE TIMES PUBLISHING COMPANY.
International News Service has the ex-
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any form al news dispatches credited 10
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road along Beaufait, Is one Of De-
troits most congested areas.
It's narrow streets and cluttered
alleys are the playground OF I'M
counted children. They are Negro
and white, with the white of a
Dozen national origins
Purse snatchers as young as 8
and have been caught. The pre-
cinct's juvenile crime blankets the
report list. Rhoads was sent out
10 break down this record.
First OF ALL" he said, II am
policeman. believe that
youngsters who break the law
must pay for II. explain this
10 them and tell them that even
il they escape jail or other pun
ishment they must pay inside
themselves.
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5000 Captive
Ndzis Near Here

Approximately 5000 German
prisoners of war are in Michigan s
lower peninsula, II was revealed
today by Col s. D Ringsdorf.
commanding officer of District
No. !. Sixth Service Command.
Principal work Of the prisoners
is harvesting fruit and helping 10
process foods for canning. After
the current cherry season the
prisoners Will work In peach and
apple orchards.
Thirteen camps, with from $50
10 500 prisoners each, are IN
lower Michigan. They are al
BHssfeld. Owosso. Hartford. Mat
tawan. Shelby. ,Allegan, Sodus,
Barryton, Fremont. Lake Odessa,
Waterloo and two al Benton Har-
Dor.
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THEFT OF SACKS

The little Negro boy and I
found common ground in our mu-
tual name He and his older half
brother had been caught IN the
petty theft of few empty burlap
potato sacks. They might have
sold them for a few pennies.
Milton was honest. He admitted
the theft James, 10, tried clumsy
lies and vague denials. AS punish
ment he was sent 10 juvenile
authorities for further considera-
ton.
Milton was ordered on super
vision" which means a weekly
visit 70 Patrolman Rhoads and
report on his activities.
This supervision is part Of an
experiment sponsored by InSpec-
tor Samuel Throop. Rhoads, father
of two children. was picked from
the ranks as juvenile officer.
The Hunt precinct, running from
the river TO AleXandrine between
Hastings and the Belt Line Rail
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-31
BY MILTON MURRAY

Statistics, undoubtedly, are i'm
p6rtant and A mass Of them are
available in the current studies Of
youth problems
These statistics will readily
prove that many-too many boys
and girls are in trouble. Behind
these statistics, however, are hu-
man beings with human wants
and hopes. with human troubles.
Large tears welled in the eyes
Of 10-year-old Milton as he be-
came a statistic in the juvenile
delinquency tables. They splashed
almost audibly on the floor Of Pa
trolman Leo Rhoads office in the
Hunt street police station.