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Evening star., 1944-07-15
LOST.

BILLFoLD, containing over $50, identif-
cation inside; lost nr. Mayfower Hotel. on
Conn. ave. or De Sales st, Reward. Ho.
BiILFoLp, brown. in back seat of taxi,
Wed: night containing $40, Va driving
Rsra RsG%' fs fad ea Hshea asss sslu''s
B!LLFoLD, black. containing over 500,
"A" gas coupons. pass, etc; July IA. in
%S1aTsrd nssss ksva4s aSahr0P; Wo $50 s. or Gar
BosToN BULLDeG. female. black with
white markings, has bad ear; lost in
nS ys SeSafa W a ea GmTood 1 e' s54 es after
CAMERA, movie. model *" Eastman: left
sentimental value; suitable reward. Box
61-T. Star, or call Republic 800. Ext.
CAT, large. gray, short haired vicinity
Spring Valley. Reward. Call EN-. 1856.
CROSS, amethyst; lost July II. Reward.
DOCS pair Airedale, strayed from Brook
ne MI 04I3.
EYEGLASSES. pink tortoise shell rims;
WedneSdsy. Reward, RE: 1900. W. J.
EYEGLASSES. bifosal, lost in Lansbursh 5
store or call Gil. I349 Reward
FUR SCARF, mink lost between 1895 Eye
and Maynovs5 Hotsi osh Thursday
GLASSES; address in case. Chance. care
Dewhurst Havnt." Finder please return to
2. e; Box 1875, BENJAMIN Franklin Station.
license 0fix PLATf 15ases q oso c. in ehro-
Sm Sue St holder ns Apf ae.asa gse for return to aSoo
MANS brown Upper bilfold. containins
important papers and gas ration book
Lsnesstef Gsaal Is"srd Ar q. eH sASK sfs5 r l404
PUPPY, brown and black, months old;
With short tail answers to , the name 81
Restaurant or Rockville pike, July 0.
TIE HOLDER. gold. Masonic and Eastern
star embiem; tnder rei esii al sE, l4os after g.
and photos: Reward. DORIS sTEPHENsoE
lWAvEl: Roosevelt Hotel, DE. $500. IS.
and papers; lost near 10th and NV,
WxILaT, SlsI 2ioo black. containing money and
idensicstion cards Finer
WATCH, iady's, stainless Steel, octagonal
shape cord and metal band: lost July & in
taxi on route from 18th and to Quebec
St: sentimental value; reward. Phone
WATCH CHAIN, white metal. key for Yale
WRIST WATCH. lady's square gold watch
brown cord bracelet on July 9th; reward
WRIST WATCH. mans. gold Swiss make;
lost Thursday afternoon. Reward. Call
It: Col. HaErinston, OR. 27o0.
ROCK ' creek PARK Tuesd.s. July II tn; ini;
tials wv F. o. on back; sentimental
value to owner: liberal reward II returned
to w. F OAKLEY. Phene during day
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Civilian Accidentally Thrown
From B-20 Puruchutes to Safety

(From Yesterdays Last Edition.)
BY the Associated Press.
OKLAHOMA CITY, July a.
Joseph E. Claymore, 80, civilian
flight engineer at the Oklahoma
City Air Service Command, para
chuted to safety after he was ac-
cidentally throw from B-29 Super
Fortress into the substratosphere,
Army authorities reported.
The plane was on a routine high
altitude flight yesterday near Enid.
Cause of the accident and the height
from which Mr.. Claymore fell were
not disclosed.
Mr.. Claymore told public relations
officers that as he was thrown from
Evening star., 1944-07-15

side blister of the plane he re-
called instructions for parachut-
ing at high attitudes and delayed
pulling the ripcord until he was
sure he had reached a level with
sufhcient air for breathing. He said
that while he fell through space
the pressure reminded him of being
drawn into huge air tunnel.
MIR. Claymore, in the Enid Army
airf1eld hospital for observation
and treatment of minor lacerations
received when he landed In field,
was anxious to leave, explaining:
MY wife is vacationing in Cali
fornia and my bird dog will be
awfully hungry If don't get home. "
Evening star., 1944-07-15
New Bulk Whisky Prices
Won't Alter Retail List

By the Associated Press.
Maximum prices to be established
soon for bulk neutral spirits and
bulk whisky produced during the
alcohol holiday" in August were
announced yesterday by the Once
of Price Administration
These ceilings will not cause a
change in existing retail price levels
for whisky. OPA said.
Meanwhile, the War Food Admin
istration lifted restrictions on the
use of some fruits in making wine
and other alcoholic products.
Affected by the order-which ex-
tends until August 3l-are dates.
pineapples and gooseberries of all
grades; apricots. plums. pears and
peaches below No grade: all Cali
fornia cling peaches; and early
apples. grown outside of California,
below utility grade.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
DC. Fails in Move
To Rent Buses for
Glenn Dale Workers

The terms proposed by the Dis
trict Government in asking seven
bus companies to make bids on sup
plying two buses to transport volun-
teer workers to and from Glenn
Dale Sanatorium to relieve the ex-
isting lack of personnel there today
resulted in no bids at all being re-
ceived.
The terms called for operation of
two buses with the city supplying
the operators and gasoline.
The Capital Transit Co. wrote it
could not accept the terms because
Of the controversial question of
liability in the cases of a leased bus
being operated by a District en-
ploye. The same reason prompted
the Marlboro g. Annapolis bus line
which submitted an informal bid
to propose its own drivers.
Last week District officials an
nounced they were asking for bids
to provide incentive to recruit work
ers for Glenn Dale. where the acute
personnel shortage has made it
necessary to limit admissions to
emergency cases.
The Health Department. mean
while, announced courses for Glenn
Dale volunteers to assist in the
wards would start Monday. July IT.
Recruits already are available to
begin an evening class. from 7 to 8
pm. in Rust Hall. Sibley Hospital
North Capitol and M streets NV.
which will meet Monday, Wednes-
day and Friday nights. There are
still vacancies to be filled in this
class.
A morning class will be organized
as soon as suf1icient volunteers
apply. to meet from 10 am. until
noon at the Georgetown Hospital
Thirty fifth and M streets NV. on
days to be determined by the group
Each class will continue for 18 class
hours, the District Red Cross an
nounced. The Red Cross also has
arranged for free lunches to be given
day workers. If buses are obtained
all workers will be given free trans
portation to and from Glenn Dale
and the District.
Volunteer day workers will have
10 am. to 4 pm. shift, while night
workers will come from or 7 to 9
pm. Volunteers are asked not to
call any hospital for information
about the classes, but to contact the
District Red Cross Office, 1850 Penn
slyvania avenue NV, or call RE
5l05, extension 7 or 8.
Mrs. Harry Benton, director o1
the volunteer ONCE, said today, In
request for recruits, This is a rare
opportunity for volunteer workers to
learn precautionary measures
against infection from tuberculosis :,
Evening star., 1944-07-15
By the Associated Press


SUPREME ALLIED HEADQUAR-
TERS, July 15.-United States
bomber formations are using path
finder" planes to guide them to Ger
man targets shrouded by clouds or
artificial smoke screens, it was dis
closed yesterday.
Headquarters said the technique.
long in use by the Raj for night
work, had enabled American bomb
ers to blaze path for invasion
troops in. France on D-day through
heavy clouds. The use of path
finders was described as "an amaz-
ing display of scientific and training
achievement"
Pathhnders are bombers with
specially trained crews. exceptional
ly expert in navigation, and
equipped with secret instruments
They fly ahead Of the mainbomber
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Italy
Continued From First Page.)

NCONtlnueQ from f1TSC Pa9e.)
July 13, has been reduced to ruins
since by German shelling. An
Allied spokesman declared that the
5th Army never considered the town
a military objective and by flank
ing action brought its fall without
harm.
Shelled for 30 Hours.
THE Germans. upon pulling back
to positions farther north, have
shelled the place with large-caliber
guns for almost 80 hours, although
this is not serving any military pur-
pose" the spokesman said.
The 9Th Army occupied the vii
lage of Santa Lucia in the Upper
Tiber Valley and advanced to within
two miles of Citta di CASTILLO, a road
junction. Heavy fighting continued
for hills dominating that junction
In the Arezzo area the British ex-
erted steady pressure on the enemy.
Farther east the 9th Army straight
ened its lines by advancing through
Gualdo Tadino to Fossato di Vico,
23 miles northeast of Perugia.
Italian troops occupied Cingoli. %
miles southwest of the east coast
port of Ancona and the village of
Strada, 2 miles north of Cingoli, to
assist in Strengthening the line.
Eleven enemy planes were shot
down and 13 Allied aircraft were lost
yesterday in Mediterranean Allied
air forces activity, which included
an attack by Raj bombers on a re-
finery at Brod, Yugoslavia. last night
after American heavy bombers hit
oil facilities and railyards in the
Budapest area during the day and
American medium and fighter bomb
ers plastered communications in the
Po Valley
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Army and Navy Create
Boards 10 Investigate
Pearl Hdrbor Attack

The Secretaries of War and
Navy have created special
boards to inquire into the Japa-
nese attack on Pearl Harbor,
In accordance with legislation
passed Just before Congress re-
cessed last month.
The Navy Board will convene
Monday to begin its study. A SINH
lar board Of officers appointed by
Acting Secretary OF War Patterson
will hold itself ready for a separate
inquiry.
The action, announced late yes
terday, complied with terms OF the
congressional resolution directing
an investigation forthwith Into the
facts surrounding the catastrophe
and extending until December Z,
1914, the statute of limitations un-
der which courts-martial could be
held for Rear Admiral Husband E.
Kimmel and Maj. Gen. Walter c.
Short.
The Army Board is headed by 1t.
Gen. George Grunert, who was in
structed to hold sessions "at such
times and places as are required. !"
Gen. Grunert is commanding gen.
eral of the Eastern Defense Com
mand. Other members are Mai.
Gen. Henry D. Russell, member OF
the War Department Manpower
Board now stationed at Columbus,
Ohio. and Maj. Gen. Walter H.
Frank, commanding general of the
Army Air Forces Service Command,
with headquarters at Patterson
Field, Ohio.
Secretary Forrestal said the Navy
court OF inquiry, headed by Admiral
Orin G. Murfln. retired. as president,
will convene at the Navy Depart
ment here. Two other members of
the court are Admiral Edward C.
Kalbfus, retired, and Vice Admiral
Adolphus Andrews, retired. The
judge advocate general will be
Comdr. Harold Biesemeier of Mo-
desto, Calf.
The boards Of inquiry will study
the circumstances of the attack and
are not In themselves the beginning
|of court martial proceedings against
Admiral Kimmel and Gen. Short.
commanding officers at Pearl Harbor
at the time. Both have been await
ing court-martial for alleged direlic-
tion Of duty and both have waived
the statute of limitations.
However, the recommendations OF
the Board Of Inquiry could lead to
a formal start Of the trials to elm
mate the need for additional extern
sion Of the statute of limitations.
The War and Navy Departments
have insisted from the start that
actual conduct of the trials before
the cessation Of hostilities would in
terfere with the conduct of the war
chiefly because many prospective
witnesses are scattered throughout
the world.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Silver Spring Residents
Greet House Candidate

Approximately 125 Silver Spring
residents crowded into the Mont
gomery County Building at Silver
Spring yesterday to meet Daniel P
McCullen, Cumberland, Democratic
candidate for the House from the
Sixth Maryland District.
Mr.. McCullen's visit eliminated
a three-day campaign tour of the
county. He toured the Rockville
and Gaithersburg areas Wednesday
and Bethesda Thursday.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
SoiIor, Bosed in Pacific.
Is Rushed to Sick Wife

BY the ASSOclkted PfGSS.
TOPEKA. July 15.-A week ago E
M. Mcconnell Navy storekeeper first
class, was at his base in the Marshall
Islands. Yesterday he was here at
the bedside of his wife, dangerously
i'll with an infection.
The trip was accomplished with
the aid of a sympathetic command
ing officer and long-range Navy
planes which flew him home.
Mr.. Mcconnell, former mail car
rier, said he thought his wife had
improved slightly since his arrival.
There's not actually much I can
do" he said. I'm just glad to be
here at her side while she is so sick. ="
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Bucher Takes Command
Of Bose in Trinidud

BY the Associated Press.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, July
l5.-Brig. Gen. Oliver D. Bucher, a
1917 graduate of Virginia Military
Institute. arrived this week to as
sumo command of the American
base in Trinidad, replacing Col.
William v. Rattan, who has gone to
Washington for temporary duty.
Gen. Bucher, assigned to Trinidad
in 1941 in-connection with base con-
work under Brig. Gen. d.
A. D. Ogden, last was assigned
commanding ofncer of replacement
training center at Fort Bliss. Tex.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
One Killed, Two Wounded
In PhiIade|p |phia Gunp|ay
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, July 15.-A
man was shot to death and two
others. including a policeman, were
wounded today in gunplay which
endangered crowd of about 80
outside taproom.
After Patrolman Frank Low, So,
fell with a bullet near his heart,
his comrade, Patrolman Michael
LAMA, fired and a man identified by
detectives as James Thomas, 81.
colored, collapsed on the sidewalk
with three bullets in his abdomen.
He died few minutes later in a
hospital.
Earlier, Patrolman LAMA said,
Thomas had fired on Henry Her
bert, 81. also colored, during an
argument inside the taproom. Pa
trolmen Low and LAMA were TAX
ing him into custody when the new
gunplay started. Herbert was taken
to Lankenau Hospital.
Attendants at the same hospital
said Patrolman Lows condition was
critical.
Shots whistled through the
crowd, throwing it into turmoil, but
no spectator was hit.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
80 to 100 MuiImen
Nipped Monthly by Docs

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Calif.-Postmen
in this metropolis lead a dogs life
sometimes, the City Council has
been informed.
After defeating a proposed 'ordi-
nance which would keep CANNES in
backyards or on leashes, the council
learned from Wilbur Cox. represent
ing the National Association of Let
ter Carriers, that between 80 to 100
postmen are bitten here each month
by dogs. One unfortunate mailman
was nipped II times in one year.
The ordinance went back for re-
consideration.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
japanese Regrouping
New Guinea Forces
For New Assaults
~ the Associated Press,


ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS, New Guinea, July Is.
Two starvation threatened Japa-
nese forces are attempting to break
Allied encirclement in New Guinea,
one by bitter fighting and the Sec
ond by escape through hazardous
1ungles, headquarters announced
today.
The "fierce resistance" of Ameri-
can outposts halted an initial
breakthrough attempt of the 18th
Imperial Army, after vanguards of
Its 5000 men crossed the Driniu-
NOR River, 81 miles east of Aitape,
In British New Guinea. Fighting
continued along a fluid front. while
the main body was forced to re-
organize for another attack under
continual fire.
Remnants of the now-impotent
Japanese garrison in the Sarmi-
Manfln Bay area, about 800 miles
westward in Dutch New Guinea,
plunged toward inland jungles
from positions made untenable py
Allied advances. American units
on Wednesday occupied the stra-
tegic Sawar Airdrome, miles west
of the Maffin Bay airstrip, without
resistance.
River Crossed by Japs.
The Japanese attack in the Aitape
area, which began Wednesday, made
some progress before it was halted
a headquarters spokesman said. One
Allied outpost withdrew, and the
Japs crossed the wide, shallow Dri-
niumor miles inland from its
mouth.
The fording of the river was not
strategically important, he added,
because the object was to defend
Tadji airdrome, about Is miles be-
hind the front.
American and japanese troops
were fighting on both sides of the
river. The battlefield was dense
jungle, about S miles square. AL
lied outposts buried 268 abandoned
Japanese dead.
Gen. Hatazo Adachi was regroup-
Ing his forces under continual attack
by aircraft. artillery and 5-inch de-
stroyer shells.
Natural distractions of terrain"
the communique said, ARE making
1t increasingly difficult for the
enemy to dispose his forces to
launch an attack in force"
Untenable Position.
The Japanese garrison in the
Sarmi-Maffin Bay area was placed
in an untenable position by Allied
seizure of Biak and Noemfoor
Islands, to the westward in Geelvink
Bay, followed by frontal pressure
With their supply lines cut the Japs
are attempting to escape westward
through terrain SO difficult that
success was doubtful.
Resistance virtually has ceased in
this area. Bitter fighting occurred
in May, with Japanese opposition
gradually dwindling. A headquar-
ters announcement July IL said
known japanese losses then were
3,O67, including AZ prisoners.
Among widespread Allied aerial
attacks. 130-ton bomb load was
dumped on objectives near Rabaul,
New Britain. This made a total of
844 tons unloaded on this target
through July 13, in intensified at
tacks on the by-passed supply
center,
Evening star., 1944-07-15
$500 Stolen From Man
During Trousers Fitting

It cost Gordon l.. Benson 5000 to
get new pair of trousers in an F
street store yesterday, he told police.
Mr.. Benson, 81, of 1885 Newton
street NE, works for the Army Air
Forces in the Pentagon.
He left the trousers with 5000 in
them in fitting room while he
tried on new ones. When he re-
turned to the fitting room, he told
police, the pockets we're empty.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Man Wants Chicken Bon
Applied to 'Pesty Robin

BY the Associated Press.
PORTLAND. Oreg.-C. B. Miners
killed his chickens, after neighbors
complained to the City Commission,
and then asked permission to elimi-
nate raiding robins.
IT can't see the logic" he said,
"of forbidding chickens, which pro-
duce, and protecting robins, those
pests that raid Victory gardens and
eat up fruits and berries"
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Dealer Has Her Liquor
Brond;; Woman Foints

By the Associated Press
DALLAS.-The city ambulance
driver reported he was called out to
pick up an unconscious woman at a
drug store.
He learned on his arrival that she
had stopped to call her liquor dealer
and inquire If he had her favorite
brand of whisky.
When he said yes. she tainted.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Woman, z Dogs Trop
Ponther in Tree
y the Associated Press

By the ASsoclated Press.
MIAMI, Fla.-Mrs. Charles T.
Lindstrum. armed with a flashlight,
Joined her two dogs, Blackie and
Playboy, in keeping panther treed
on her property until police came to
kill it.
Patrolman John H. Holland. who
brought the animal down with a
shotgun charge. said it was a South
American panther wearing a collar
with a blank name plate.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Guam
Continued From First Page.)

Douglas Macarthur announced at
Southwest Pacific headquarters that
his bombers have made new craters
in the well-pitted runways of Yap
and Woleai
The much larger and potentially
more menacing Carolines stronghold
of Truk, bypassed in the invasion of
Saipan, also is being steadily neu-
tralized. Admiral Nimitz listed a
Thursday strike there by Marshalls-
based Army Liberators which shot
down, probably shot down or dam
aged more tnan tnree-1ourths of the
from is to 10 enemy fighters oppos-
ing them
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Gen. Arnold Special B-29
Led Recent Raid on Japan
By the AssociAted Press.

BY tht Ass0CIAteu PreSs.
WICHITA, Kans., July 1S.-The
Gen. Arnold Special" Wichita
built B-29 Super Fortress" carry
ing the autograph of Gen. Henry
H. Arnold, led the last American
raid on Japan. the commanding
general of the Army Air Forces tele-
graphed Boeing officials yesterday.
The plane, delivered last Febru-
ary. was piloted by Brig. Gen. La
verne G. (Blondie) Saunders, as
sistant chief of staff of the 10th
Bomber Command, Gen. Arnold
said.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
London Dogs Wear Socks
To Protect Feet in Roids
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON.-The German flying
bomb attacks on London have given
rise to a new development-"bomb
socks" for dogs.
Dog owners In areas strewn with
glass from shattered windows now
are equipping their pets with socks
to prevent their feet from being cut.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Insult Added to Injury

DENVER (P.-John j. Britschge
Manhattan, Kans., told police five
hoodlums slugged him and stole his
wallet with $50 and his ticket home
Then, Is minutes later, a stranger
asked him for the time. When he
raised his arm to look at his watch
the stranger tore the timepiece from
his wrist and fed.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Vichy Rodio Reports
CordinoI MoeIione III

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 15.-The Vichy ra-
dio, in a broadcast quoting a Vati-
can dispatch. said today that Cardi-
nal Maglione, papal secretary of
state. was seriously Ill.
The secretaryship Of state has
been transferred to another cardi-
nal, said the broadcast, recorded by
the Associated Press.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Alumni Plan Picnic

The American University Alumni
Association will hold picnic on the
university campus at S pm. Sun
day. Chairman of the affair is
Ethel Smith, class of 1893. In the
event of rain, alumni and faculty
attending will move to the gymna-
sium.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
Man Robbed of Folse Teeth

NEWARK, N. j. R.-An Army
sergeant in a long overcoat entered
a police station to report assault and
robbery by two men. They took his
trousers, which contained $28. But
that wasn't 50 bad. They also toqk
his upper false teeth.
Evening star., 1944-07-15
FOUND

RESIDENTS Of Consress Hts. and vicinity:
BRING abandoned animals to the Aban.
6oned Animal Relief Headquarters. 5000
wheeler I'd. Sc, or inquire for lost pets.
Atlantic S14o.
Evening star., 1944-07-15

We must sacrifice our comforts
to their needs; yes, and even our
needs for their comforts.
Evening star., 1944-07-15

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