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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-05-25

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Evening star., 1944-06-02
Jap Bases Bombed
In Widespread Raids
On ; Pacific Fronts
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUAR-
TIERS, Pearl Harbor, June 2.-Wide-
spread targets in a giant Pacific tri-
angular area were dotted by bomb
craters today-across 1000 miles of
the Carolines, north to Guam, then
beyond Japan in the frigid Kuriles
and back to Wake-as the conse-
quence of co-ordinated blows by
American bombers from three war
theaters.
In operations unprecedented for
their swift extent, bombers from
the Southwest and Central Pacific
combed the Carolines; Central Pa
cific planes flew the 1900 miles to
Guam; other Central Pacific bomb
ers pounded Wake, and Aleutian-
based planes struck the Kuriles. AL
planes returned safely.
Mitchells Blast Ponape.
These blows were maSSed from
Sunday through Tuesday and were
announced today and yesterday by
Gen. Douglas Macarthur and Ad-
miral Chester w. Nimitz
Army Mitchells from the Nimitz
theater ripped into the defenses of
Evening star., 1944-06-02
World Commitments Now
Opposed by Senate Bloc
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
Secretary of State Hull will go
into forthcoming negotiations with
other countries with clear notifica-
tion that at least minority of the
Senate opposes any move to COM
init the United States to participa-
ton in an international security
organization before the terms of
peace have been written.
This reservation was disclosed to-
day by Senator La Toilette, Progress
sive, to have been made to the Sec
retary when, as a member of the
Senate Liaison Committe of eight,
the Wisconsin Senator approved the
beginning of international discus
sions about the proposed organiza-
tion.
Senator La Toilette told a re-
porter that while he had no OBJ
jections to the informal talks which
Mr.. Hull has said he will undertake
with representatives of Great Brit
ain, Russia, China and other United
Nations, he had not committed him
self to any security plan.
Il have made it clear to all con-
cerned," Senator La Toilette said,
that the future consideration of
any plan worked out as result of
these conversations, the establish
ment Of an organization and the
participation by the United States
in it, must depend upon the nego-
tiation of the Just terms Of peace.
Evening star., 1944-06-02

Ponape in the Eastern Carolines
At Truk, 440 miles beyond, Central
Pacific bombers started fires which
could be seen for $50 miles and
bombers from the Macarthur the
ater made a light stab from the
Admiralty Islands.
Other Admiralty biased planes
struck 100 miles west at Alet Island
airdrome and far into the Western
Carolines at Woleai.
Central Pacific Army Liberators
from Eniwetok gave Guam its third
land-based pounding since Japan
wrested that Marianas island from
the Americans. They fought off 10
enemy fighters, probably downing
one, without loss.
Liberators Hit Wake.
Wake, the former American base
which a carrier task force virtually
immobilized May %, was hit by
Central Pacific Army Liberators
which had to contend only with
moderate antiaircraft fire.
4. In a continuation of attacks on
the Kuriles, guarding the north
approach to Japan, Navy Ventura
search planes from the Aleutians
hit Shumushu at the northern tip
of that chain. Within the same
three-day period. but announced
previously. bombers hit four islands
in that chain, including one less
than 500 miles from the Jajanese
mainland.
Evening star., 1944-06-02
Ludlow Protests Sending
Paper and Pulp 10 British
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
Representative Ludlow, Democrat,
of Indiana, a former newspaperman,
thinks it paradoxical for the United
States to send pulp and paper abroad
while getting much OF its own supply
from Canada.
He raised the question at House
committee hearings on appropria-
tions for the United Nations Relief
and Rehabilitation Administration.
When we have to get our supply
from Canada" Mr.. Ludlow asked
Lease-Lend Counsel Oscar S. Cox,
"why should we be sending pulp and
paper to the. United Kingdom?"
Told that the kind sent to Britain
was different from that obtained in
Canada, Mr.. Ludlow persisted, Even
SO, the British Empire extends all
around the world, and they have
access to such material that can be
produced In countries that extend
all over the surface of the earth"
The hearing on requested $44,-
100000 for lease-lend paper and
pulp produced statements that the
shipments in 1874 would involve only
IL per cent of this country's supply.
Evening star., 1944-06-02
Appropriations
Continued From First Page }

there is none now" the committee
declared.
The largest lease-lend item is $2,-
SOS, 1866, ,220 for food. The commit
tee said Russia is sorely in need of
food and that, in the case of Brit
ain, it would be lease-lend which
would make up the margin between
a bare existence diet" and enough
food for the British people to pro-
duce and fight efficiently.
The sum provided UNRRA rep
reSents less than what the Nation
is spending every five days for the
war, the committee said, and the
funds will be needed to rebuild
Starving" populations once the Eu-
ropean countries are liberated.
UNRRA funds are to be pressed
into use when the Army feels the
emergency in a given area is over
To illustrate the need the lib
Grated populations will or do have
now, the committee noted that nine
babies die out of every 10 born In
Greece.
Evening star., 1944-06-02
By the Associated Press,

SHREVEPORT, La, June 2.-Gen.
o. r. Gellette, 90, reputedly last sur
viving commissioned officer of the
Confederate Army, who during his
life refused to take the oath of al
legiance to the United States be-
cause he considered the War Be-
tween the States unfinished, died
here yesterday.
Death came quietly as he sat in
the American Legion service Office
of Caddo Parish Courthouse Heart
disease was blamed.
Active to the end, Gen. Gellette
in his COS danced, ate sirloin steaks
drank beer and roared Rebel senti-
ments. Enlisting as private in
the I'd Mississippi Regiment April
80. 1861, he rose to become a brig
adler general at conclusion of the
war. He served on the staff of Gen
Stonewall Jackson, and when Jack
son was mortally wounded by q
Confederate sentry at Chancellors-
vile, 1t was Gen. Gellette who
helped carry him away.
He was native of Iuka, Miss,
and fought in IA major battles, in
cluding Gettysburg and Antietam
without suffering serious wounds
before being captured by Federal
Evening star., 1944-06-02
Hull
Continued From First Page

as "a very frank and open conversa-
ton"
Mr.. Martin told reporters Mr.. Hull
discussed with us his ideas of how
to implement the peace, along the
same lines he had talked with BIZ
partisan Senate group"
The conference with the House
group follows a series of five meet
ings between Mr.. Hull and an eight
man Senate committee. The Senate
has responsibility for passing on
treaties and the House is not con-
stitutionally charged with power
over foreign affairs, although Mr..
Bloom has proposed action to make
treaty ratification subject to a ma
jority vote of each house.
Mr.. Hull's decision TO meet with
House, as well as Senate members
of both parties, has been interpreted
at the State Department as repre-
senting a desire on his part to OBJ
tain the widest possible support for
his plans.
After the Senate talks, Mr.. Hull
invited Britain, Russia and China
to send representatives here for ex-
ploratory conversations on postwar
world organization. Yesterday at
press conference he was asked
whether he could reassure small ma
tions that they would be protected
from domination by the great pow
ers. He said there should be no
doubt of Americas attitude on that
score and also gave assurances of
American support and encourage
ment for the liberty of all peoples
everywhere.
In some respects his concentra-
ton on this ideal seemed opposed to
the remark of Prime Minister
Churchill in Parliament a week ago
that the war is growing LESS ideo-
logical in character"
Further, Secretary Hull stated that
1t is United States policy to en-
courage "all nations to aspire to
liberty" whereas Mr.. Churchill told
Parliament he opposes the idea Of
interfering with governments just
because their administration does
not come up to our ideas"
If Mr.. Hull intended his remarks,
voiced at a news conference yester-
day. to draw a distinction between
his feelings and Mr.. Churchill's ap-
praisal, he apparently would take
his place alongside President Roose-
velt in seeming to differ with the
line the British Prime Minister had
followed.
Although not commenting directly
on Mr.. Churchill's speech, the Pres
ident said at a news conference
Tuesday that in his mind Spain has
not cut down sufficiently on her
trade with the Axis, while Mr..
Churchill emphasized in his talk
what Spain already had done to
help the Allied cause.
Mr.. Hull's statements covered two
main points:
!. He reaffirmed the intention of
this Government Ito see that all
nations. especially the small nations,
are kept on a position of equality
with all others and that, in every
practicable way, there will be CO.
operation"
2. He then hammered especially
hard the point that the United
States has long record of cham
pionship of liberty for everybody, en-
couraging them at all times and in
Ill places"
Evening star., 1944-06-02
Pope
Continued From First Page.

uating and bloody struggle, the
social, economic and spiritual con-
sequences of which threaten to be-
come the scourge of future times"
He said Rome was receiving more
considerate treatment" from air
raiders.
"We cherish the hope" the Pope
continued, that this more just and
moderate tendency will prevail -
and that the city will in all cases
and at whatever cost be preserved
from becoming theater of war"
He warned, however, that 1--WE do
not hesitate to repeat once more
with equal impartiality and dutiful
firmness that whoever would dare
lift a hand against Rome would be
guilty of matricide before the pres
ent world and in front of the
eternal judgment of God"
The Associated Press listening post
in London reported that the recep-
ton was excellent. The Pope's voice
was described as being forceful,
calm and clear. Listeners said the
pontiffs "eloquence reached a peak
of emphasis when he expressed the
hope that Rome would be spared the
horrors of war"
Quoting a historian of the 18th
century, the pontiff said Rome has
good reasons before the world to be
respected and left untouched.
Previous Crises Cited.
Rome has known terrible days In
its history. he continued-in the
10th century, in the 18th and on
many other occasions.
"On all these occasions the Popes
of the times succeeded in avoiding
catastrophe and rescued and opened
their doors to refugees of all creeds
Of all nationalities,,n he said.
"But wnat were the number of
5000 or 1000 refugees compared
with the thousands of today?"
ITO the last of our energies, and
helped by so many good people, we
intervened often,". the Pope said.
"In spite of the violations Of our
rights, we have tried to help the
population of Rome and its sur
roundings, supplying them with
food.
Food Negotiations Started.
I'VE have also started negotia-
tions in order to bring food by way
of the sea. But the consent of one
belligerent still is awaited"
while the Pope did not name
the belligerent power, NBC said
Berlin radio twisted the Pope's
address to quote him as saying
that "the Vatican had attempted
to create feet of ships for the
defense of Rome, but due to the
lack of agreement with a large
seafaring power the plan had
failed.")
Continuing, the pontiff said: I'VE
have tried everything in order to
spare Rome one of the darkest
moments in its history. 1t is our
supreme duty to follow the rules of
our Lord as Peter did
I'm all the nations of the world
there is want for the future new
order. But this new order must be
supported by just and we'll balanced
moral and material guarantees.
Hopes for future peace would
be better based and more realistic If
there were not so many religious
movements which have departed
from the Christian church and
created separatist churches"
Evening star., 1944-06-02
Il. N. N. corpening Killed
In Crash OF Navy Plane

1t. q. g. Maxwell NJ. Corpening,
jr.. "a, son Of Mrs. Catherine McGill.
52ol Murray road, Brookdale, Nd.
was identified today by the Navy as
the pilot killed Wednesday when his
plane plunged into wordens Pond,
South Kingston, r. l., according to
an Associated Press dispatch.
The plane was on routine mis-
sion out Of the Naval Auxiliary Air
Facility at Groton, Conn, when 1t
crashed.
Evening star., 1944-06-02
Monpower
Continued From First Page

required in addition to the present
rule that workers obtain release
from their old jobs before being
hired for new ones.
In addition to extending the prior
ity referral system to the Nation,
Mr.. McNutt also extended the prac-
tice of establishing employment
ceilings for all establishments in the
184 areas of acute or serious labor
shortage. BY this method, employ
ers will only be allowed to hire a
limited number OF workers, all of
whom will have to come to them
from the USES or by Arrangement
with the USES.
Easing of manpower demands In
a specific plank or area where pro-
duction schedules are being cut, Mr..
McNutt added. does not automati-
cally result in the filling of all labor
Evening star., 1944-06-02

demands In critical war industries. /"
Even If there is a marked increase
in cutbacks, the manpower director
said, the new program will be re-
quired to channel available workers
into urgent war iobs.n
Evening star., 1944-06-02
Gen. Gillette, Believed Last
Confederate Officer, Dies

troops In North Carolina in April,
1865.
Besides his Confederate rank of
brigadier general, he bore the hon.
orary title of major general as past
commander Of the United Confed-
crate Veterans In Louisiana.
Evening star., 1944-06-02
Draft Boards Threaten
IA Classification
For St. Louis Strikers
Hy the Associated Press.

St. Louis was without trans
portation facilities today as
striking streetcar operators and
bus drivers remained away from
their jobs, but some of the $500
employees were threatened with
reclassification in la in the
draft because of their refusal to
work.
Eight st. Louis draft boards or
dered immediate Redistribution of
some of the $500 strikers, whose
two-day strike has affected more
than a half million St. Louis resi-
dents.
In letter to Mai. F.. c. Rich
mond, acting director of the Mis-
souri, selective service system, John
j. Griffith, chairman of the Asso-
ciated Draft Board of St. Louis, said
men on unauthorized strikes
who hold occupational deferments
should be Immediately considered
as having quit the jobs essential to
the war effort I" = and should be
reclassified into Ia and inducted
into the armed forces regardless
of age"
St. Louisians resorted to hitch
hiking, walking or bicycling because
of the transportation tie-up, while
bus service across the Mississippi
River in East st. Louis (Ill.) also
was halted by an unexpected strike
of bus drivers. The two walkouts
however, were not connected.
Tampa, Fla, also was confronted
with transportation problem as
about ITS streetcar workers stayed
away from their jobs, putting all but
9 of the 100 streetcars out of
service. Extra buses were put in
service to care for the normal troll
ley passengers.
Other conditions along the coun-
try's labor front improved, with the
apparent end of the strike of some
$4,000 lumber and sawmill workers
In the Pacific Northwest.
Evening star., 1944-06-02

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, June 2 (P.-
Three work stoppages today closed
one coal mine, railroad car plant
and interrupted outbound bus serv-
ice, although employees involved in a
fourth dispute had voted to return
to their jobs at the Tennessee Coal,
Iron g. Railroad Co.'S Fairfield steel
plate mill The three new strikes
involved more than 1,400 men.
Evening star., 1944-06-02
Weather Report

District of Columbia-Some cloud
mess and continued warm this af-
ternoon, tonight and tomorrow, with
late afternoon thundershowers
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
muddy at Harpers Ferry. Potomac
slightly muddy at Great Falls.
Evening star., 1944-06-02
Report for Last "a Hours,

RECORD Tor Last p Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon todayD
Hishest. 81, 4:1O pm Year ago, %
Lowest, 81, 6:07 am. Year aeo, ii.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 81, on MAY -
Lowest, II, on January .
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
tF'rom noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest, 90 per cent, at $40 pm.
Lowest, 40 per cent, at 2:30 pm
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey
Evening star., 1944-06-02

by VIRGINIA FAULKNER and HUGH PENTEcosr
Two of Americas top-fight fctioneers collabo-
rated to concoct this thrilling who-dun-it in
volving Fred, Portland, and the Fred Allen
gang. Typical of the unique, full-length murder
mysteries you'll find complete each month in
The American Magazine, this saga of strangu-
lation will leave you tense with suspense and,
because it's sherlocked by that mighty mas
ter of mirth, Fred Allen, limp with laughter.
Evening star., 1944-06-02
OTHER JULY FEATURES

THE PROUD AND LONELY Her kiss was as ex-
citing as prune whip, and he hated prune whip.
How Eleanor's pride came before her fall for Ben
in an assembly-line romance by M. E. Farwell
MARRY ME-. Stanley accepted Christine's leap
year proposal with paper-clip engagement ring
-. an engagement ring that failed to bind the
bargain, or did it? -. by Elizabeth Inskip Wye.
THEY WENT TO HELL AND BACK WITH ME How
Americas hghtingest sea terrier, the destroyer
O'Bannon, with its green crew of scared young
sters smashed Japs night after night. by its skip
per, Commander Donald J. Macdonald, U.SN
OTHER GREAT SHORT STORIES, AUTHORITATIVE
ARTICLES AND FASCINATING FEATURES
Evening star., 1944-06-02

You're up Aliens Alley. >. that fabu.
lous cul de sac inhabited by amiab1e
crackpots when sudden death
strikes on the Fred Allen program tc
convert riotous rehearsal into chaos
and chiseling Diane Crane into {
corpse. Allen, famous comedian, drops
his cues for clues to solve one of the
most hilarious homicides and baff1ine
murders ever committed >. complete
in the July issue of The American
Magazine, now on the newsstands
Evening star., 1944-06-15
Straight Talk to NeutruIs

From the Providence journal.
Now the time has come, with the
critical part Of the war Just ahead, when
the Allied nations intend to crack down
on the neutrals to stop their furnishing
materials with which to kill our soldiers.
Secretary Hull gave warning in his re-
cent speech that firm action against
the neutrals so participating in Ger
many's war effort is to be taken. ALI
ready German agents in Fire are being
fenced in with the suspension of tele-
phone service from Fire, the stern pro-
hibitions upon travel to and from that
land and restricted steamship service.
The British have shut down sending
supplies to Turkey and we have sus-
pended lease-lend aid. OIL shipments
to Spain have been discontinued by
action of the State Department. and a
protest has been made to Madrid against
the seizure Of Allied-controlled oil In
Spanish Morocco. America and Britain
have made representations to Sweden
on her exports to Nazis. At one time
we hesitated to take action against the
neutrals for fear that our own weak
ness would contribute to retaliation by
the Axis upon them, an argument that
they pursued strenuously. But that day
has passed.
Evening star., 1944-06-15
Criticizes Ration Boards
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
would appreciate it, If you could tell
me what local rationing boards are for
Have they been created for the express
purpose OF aiding the public in honest
emergencies or are they merely to en-
courage q black market and force pa
triotic citizens to suffer?
My complaint is this: My brother,
aged Is, suffered fractured leg,
sprained ankle and torn igaments. In
order to complete the school term,
have driven the boy to and from school
every day, total distance of 20 miles a
week. Besides this, have driven him
to the Takoma Sanitarium for X-rays
and two trips week to the doctors
Office for treatment To date, Monday,
June IL, have driven a total of 1874
miles and the boy still has seven more
school days besides two trips weekly to
the doctors for at least two more weeks.
have made seven trips to Ra-
ton Board NO. 80 at Georgia avenue
and Quackenboss street NV, and thus
far have received mere six gallons of
sdsolllle. nave an "A TaClOn DOCK
and drive a 1887 Packard eight and I
can hardly drive an estimated minimum
of 1873 miles on six gallons of gasoline.
Isn't there some method of getting a
square deal from these boards? Ac-
cording to their posted records gaso-
line is given out for emergencies. I
would greatly appreciate an answer and
If at all possible, some help on my
problem. MILTON Under.
Evening star., 1944-06-15
The Atlantic Fleet

Since the start of the war the
Atlantic Fleet of the United States
Navy has played role not nearly
so dramatic as that of the Pacific
Fleet, but its task has been nonethe-
less vital and difficult. The fact
that our Allied troops are now
battling their way forward in France
can be credited to it in no small
measure, for with it's guns and air
arm it made possible the safe ar
rival in England of the great Amer
lean expeditionary force and the
vast quantities of American equip
ment committed to defeating Hitler
in Western Europe. Probably the
best way to measure the achieve
ment is to recall how terrible the
U-boat menace once was and to
relate to this the fact that since
January, 1912, up until D-day, the
Woodworking and valiant Atlantic
Fleet conveyed a total of 1000
vessels, only 10 of which were lost
to the enemy-and not one of them
q troopship. The record speaks for
itself. To the officers and men Of
the fleet and to Admiral Ingersoll,
their commander in chief, who has
been in Washington recently, the
whole Nation has reason to say,
"Thank you and well done!"
Evening star., 1944-06-15
The Prisoner of Lueken'

The removal OF Leopold, King OF
the Belgians, by his German captors
from his native soil to an undis-
closed destination in the Reich
draws attention to one of the most
poignant personal tragedies of the
war Four years ago last month,
Leopold, at the head of his army,
surrendered to the German in
vaders of Belgium. This capitula-
ton, which was part of the terrible
catastrophe that overwhelmed the
Low Countries and France, was
widely criticized in Britain at the
time. But, in retrospect, the evidence
clearly points to it's inevitability.
The relatively small and insuffl-
ciently equipped Belgian Army had
been forced into strategically
hopeless situation and was virtually
out of ammunition. Further re-
sistance would have entailed useless
slaughter.
Of course, Leopold could have
escaped by air and deputed the sur
render to one of his generals. But
he deliberately chose to share the
fate of his troops and his people.
The Germans did their best to
exploit their distinguished captive
by inducing him to some degree of
collaboration" The King. how
ever, remained adamant, insisting
that he was a prisoner of war and
asking for no special favors. Ac-
cordingly, the Germans consigned
him to dignified captivity on the
royal estate at Laeken in the sub
urbs of Brussels, the Belgian cap
ital. There he has lived in close
retirement, refusing any personal
contact with the conquerors. Leo
pold has thus remained a living
protest against the occupation Of
his country. an attitude which has
endeared him to his suffering COM
patriots. There can be little doubt
that the royal dynasty will survive
the war in Belgium, as 1t will in