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REDS LIBERATE
NORTHERN CITY
Soviets Smash To Within
80 Miles Of Old Es-
tonian Border

LONDON, Friday, Jan. 29.-R-
The Red Army smashed to within
80 miles of the Estonian border
yesterday, capturing the important
rail functions of Volosovo and los
no and so other towns, and killing
thousands of Axis troops, including
Spanish legionnaires, Moscow an
nounced early today.
Leningrad, former Czarist capt.
tai and Russia's second largest
city, last night celebrated its COM
plete liberation from two and a
half years of enemy siege as Red
army commanders ordered a rec
ODD salute of "a salvoes from 1924
guns for the historic event.
As their troops steady ham
mered back the Germans and
Spaniards into the moose of large
trap, the Russian commanders in
an order of the day proclaimed the
complete liberation of Leningrad
from enemy blockade and from
barba1ic enemy shelling."
More than 700 northern commun-
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BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON

Associated Press War Analyst. {.
A hint of desperation is evident
in the Nazi choice of a site for
the first limited counter attack eff
fort against the Allied thanking op-
Grafton south of Rome which seri-
ously threatens to turn the whole
German trans-peninsular front in
Italy.
The stroke came southwest of
Littoria in the Pontine Marshes.
Picked German armored forces,
hastily pulled back from the Cas-
sino-Minturno main battle front to
the south, were used but prompt
" were thrown back. Anglo-Amer-
lean forces on that sector obvious
" are concerned chiefly with pro-
tecting the south flank Of the Nat
tuno-Anzio beachhead.
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More4thT
Charges Made.
In The Senate
lines ARE TIGHTENING
M Vote On Ballot Measure
Is Seen Before Mon
day

WASHINGTON, Jan. d. R -
Senate Republicans and Democrats
snapped charges Of ''playing poll
tics'' with service vote legislation
today in another round Of speeches
.rouing over its effect on a fourth
form for President Roosevelt.
With party lines Tightening in
Tho fourth day of debate, Senator
To1man (R-Ore.) commended that
Vending bill backed by the adj
r,inistration for a Federal war bal
Int bill would give Mr.. Roosevelt
~ Unfair advantage if he is a
'9 To this. Senator Murdoch Cd
1+ah> replied that the Republicans
ore irving to stall off the uniform
baIlot legislation, which the Presi-
Jent has endorsed as against a
s+ate-by-state arrangement of serv-
ica voting, simply because they
are afraid of Mr.. Roc.sevelts
chances under it.
M1lrdock spoke after Acting Mi
noritv Leader White of Maine said
vote could not be reached on
the bill before Monday.
Murdoch said 1.-The great masses
of the American people still
want Franklin D. Roosevelt to go
On rn+il unconditional surrender is
brought about in Germany and ia
PAN
When Senator Vandenberg (R.-
Mich inquired what that had to
do with the pending bill, Murdoch
replied that the Republicans kept
injecting the fourth term issue into
the debate He added that he wish
ed they wouldn't talk about such
things. but would get on with the
bill
Senator Holman (R-Ore.) had
declared:
The difference over this bill
cente~s around the fact that the
commander in chief is himself
candidate.
IF he would eliminate himself
from that advantageous and unfair
condition. I think debate on the
bill would come to an end.
Murdoch said he knew the
'standpat" Republicans hoped Mr..
Roosevelt would not be candi-
date so that the Republicans would
have "a shadow of a chance" to
win the presidency and Senator
Hatch D-N.MH.) Interrupted to
say:
THE opposition isn't to this bill
the opposition is against Frank
lin D. Roosevelt.
Senator Lucas O.-1ll), one of
the authors of the pending meas
ure, attacked a statement he at
tributed to Holman in yesterdays
debate that service men might be
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Site OF Nazi Attack In Italy
Indicates Enemy Is Desperate

That brief fight probably cannot
be classed as more than the first
preliminary skirmish of the deci-
sive battle to come in the Rome
area. The Nazi armored blow fell
too late to catch the Allies UMPIRE
pared to meet it tank for tank
and gun for gun. It was stopped
cold without need of calling on
heavy Allied naval guns within
easy range.
It seems doubtful that the Ger
man command could have expect
ed to break-through at that point
to endanger the Nattuno beach
head across which Allied reinforce
ments and supplies have been
pouring since the complete tacti-
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5 Million Are Expected
Ouerseas By Years End
Stimson Also Says Many Of Army's Camps
and Stations Will Be Shut Down

WASHINGTON, Jan. IT, R -
The Army expects to have about
5000, 900 men, or two-thirds of its
forces, overseas by the end of
this year and as a result will shut
down many of its camps and sta
tons in the continental United
States.
Secretary of War Stimson dis
closed this prospect today at a
news conference at which he also
warned against over-optimism
over the successful new Allied
landings in Italy. He said it is
much too early to predict disas-
trous defeat for the Nazis in Italy,
the most which should be said is
that the Allied position is favor
able, and a heavy battle prob
ably will develop south of Rome,
The contemplated total of forces
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Army And Navy Release Horror Story Of Jap
Brutality TO Gallant Defenders On Bataan;
Nazis QNzzzzsA Attack In Italy; Leningrad Freee
Wilmington Man First
To Land Plane On New
Beachhead Near Rome

"You can't land a P-4O war
hawk OH the little air strips
designed for the artillery's
tiny Cub spotting planes"
Kenneth L. Dixon writes today
in his column, "With The AEf
on the editorial page.
But 1t. James T. johnson
did
''You certainly can't take a
Warhawk off from such a field.
''But johnson did"
And who is Johnson? He's a
"23 year old Wilmington: N.
C. boy" who became "the first
fighter pilot to land on the new
beachhead south of Rome"
For personalized tor e S
about Yanks in Italy and other
war theaters. read "With The
AEF" daily, on the editorial
page today. and every week
day.
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MILK CONFERENCE
IS SLATED TODAY

RALEIGH, Jan. d. R Gov
erno7 Broughton said tonight that
conference with Office Of Price
Administration officials would be
held in Washington Friday in an
effort to avert what he termed "a
very serious milk crisis" created
when three-cents a gallon roll
back in wholesale milk prices was
placed in effect in North Carolina.
The governor said that the OPA
mad asked George Coble of Lexing-
ton owner of one of the largest
wholesale milk distributing plants
IN the South and the only one in
North Carolina, to attend the con-
ference, along with representatives
u the dairying industry.
Harry Caldwell of Greensboro,
master Of the State Grange, was
designated by the governor to rep.
resent the industry and the gov
efao7 interests at the meeting.
AT the same time, he said he
L sehulng to Washington a num-
ts OF kilograms he had received
h loill olflcials Of cities that would
W ~, anected by the order.
IN. me governor yesterday asked
dirns Z. Diereux, regional OPA
Jn DO evVof IN Atlanta, to hold the or
~ H., III aoeyance for Is days so that
h, ~ ,n nlaIte-' could be properly aired
bad washington. He said the order
otb u NOT been made effective in
r,. meanwhile, wholesale milk de.
N rrtLes to distributing points in
co ~ III Carolina ceased today and
000le said he would not resume
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MARINES CAPTURE
NATAM0 VILLAGE
Former Barge Base Seized
By Leathernecks With
Air Aid

ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS, New Guinea, Friday,
Jan. 28.-R-United States Ma
rines advancing into Japanese-held
b-.r Allied planes. The Bergen Bay
northwestern New Britain, have
captured Natamo Point, headquar.
tiers reported in today's communi.
que.
Natamo village, a former barge
base, was also seized by the Leath.
ernecks who were given support
by Allied planes. The orgen ay
sector was invaded last Dec. e.
To the north in the Bismarck
Sea, the stepped up air offensive
against the Admiralty islands was
sustained by Liberators which at
tackled with 100 tons of bombs.
In the northern Solomons, Amer
lean ground forces which have
held an expanding beachhead
since converted into an air base
at Empress Augusta Bay on Bou
granville, extended their position:
east of the Torokina River.
Indicative of growing Allied all
domination of Japan's northeast
ern New Britain fortress of Ra
baul, headquarters reported today
that fighters from the Solomons
cruised over that enemy base for
half an hour without being inter.
cepted.
Yesterdays communique had re.
lated how go Japanese planes tore
into Allied raiders and lost from
Is to % to raise Nipponese losses
there this month above 800.
Today's communique said that,
in addition to the fighter patrol
action, Liberators from the Solo.
mons went to Rabaul at night and
set off explosions on the Tobera
airdrome.
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overseas by the years end COM
pares with about 100000 at pres
ent and a total of 2,0S6,0 900 in the
American Expeditionary Force of
World War One.
1.-THE figure of $500, 900 now over
seas is Army forces alone. In an
address last Christmas Eve, Presi-
dent Roosevelt said that the total
overseas in all the armed forces
Army, Navy and Marine Corps
was 100000 and predicted it
would rise to 100000 by next Jul
ly.
In connection with the expansion
of overseas forces, the Army will
comb over it's personnel in the
United States, picking out the
youngest an physically best quail
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WARNING ISSUED
AXIS BY RAMIREZ

BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 27.-RE
President Pedro Ramirez issued a
double-barrelled warning against
reprisals tonight to Germany and
Japan and said there should be
no grumbling from any Argentines
who might be opposed to the gov
ernment's rupture of diplomatic re
lations with the Axis.
The president said he expected
the Axis to refrain from any acts
against Argentina. her citizens or
their property and that he expect
ed disguntled Argentines to keep
their thoughts to themselves.
At the same time Ramirez told
a press conference that, alghough
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'YANKS BURIED ALIVE
Grim Story OF Torture In
Philippines Told In
Joint Report
By WILLIAM FRYE

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-P-A
horror story scarcely parallelled in
the annals of modern war-how
the Japanese starved, tortured and
in some cases wantonly murdered
the gallant defenders of Bataan--
was told by the Army and Navy
tonight.
Documented by sworn state.
ments of officers who escaped
from prison camps, the joint an
nouncement described cole d.
blooded campaign Of savagery car
-ied out after the $4,000 Americans
and Filipinos on Bataan and Cor
regidor were overwhelmed by SUI
perior numbers.
The 4,000-word account began by
telling of thousands of deaths in
Japanese camps (2,200 Americans
died in two months in one canp)
and then recited that:
When the Americans and Fill
pinos first were taken prisoner,
those found with Japanese money
or tokens were beheaded. Survi-
vors were beaten along March
of Death from the scene.
$4,000 men were kept penned in
100-yard square area without
food for a week. There was r.
hour wait to fill canteens at the
one water spigot.
A widely used torture was the
''sun treatment" Captives were
made to sit in the boiling sun all
day without cover and with little
water.
Six men-three Americans and
three Filipinos-ill from mistreat-
ment were buried while still alive.
Men literally were worked to
death 1t was not unusual for 20
per cent OF a work detail to die
and'i one instance, IS per cent
were killed that way"
Three officers who attempted to
escape had their hands tied behind
them, then their hands were pulled
upward by ropes attached to an
overhead purchase so they had to
remain standing nd bent forward
to ease the pressure on their arms.
They were left thus for two days
and periodically beaten with a
two-by-four. One officer was then
beheaded and the other two were
shot.
Lesser brutalities, indignities
and humiliations were innumer-
able. The Japs gave three chick
ems and so eggs to 500 men, then
1 broadcast to the world that their
prisoners were fed on chickens and
eggs. American flags were ha-
bitually and designedly used as
rags in kitchens.
From reports made by Naval
officer and two Army officers who
escaped from the Philippines after
almost a year as prisoners, the
two departments assembled the
story, including the report that
several times as many American
prisoners in the hands of the Jap
anese have died-mostly of starv-
alton, forced hard labor and gen.
eral brutality-as the Japanese
have ever reported.
cat one prison camp, Camp
O'Donnell, about 1900 American
prisoners died in April and May,
1872" said the report. I'm the
camp at Cabanatuan, about 5000
Americans had died up to the end
of October, 1912 Still heavier NOR
tally occurred among the Filipino
prisoners of war at Camp O'Don-
nell"
The calculated campaign of bru-
tally began against the battle
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Nosehill Is Planning
A War Bond Auction
On Saturday Afternoon

NosE HILL, Jan. 27.-A War
noiio auction at which time
sh's contributed by local resi-
aen1s will be put up for sale,
WIN be held here Saturday at
p. M.
The 142nd Army band from
lamp Davis and Fort Fisher
VIII be on hand and will give
& concert from 2:15 to 3 p. m.
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MARSHALLS BOMBED

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-R-
Pounding again at atolls in the
Marshall islands, bombers and
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NORTH CAROLINA: Mostly cloudy
and continued warm Friday; scattered
light showers west portion; fair to part
ly cloudy Friday night. Saturday, cooler
in north and west portions Saturday
and west portion Friday night.
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Evening star., 1944-07-13
EbersoIe Aids Bond Pin Event
At Wuynesboro to Biz Start

Raising sl7,325 in a single night,
the War Bond bowling drive in
Wavnesboro, Va. was off to a sur
prising start at the Cavalier Alleys,
according to Arville Ebersole, chair
man of the National Bowling Coun-
Gil and executive secretary of the
National Duckpin Bowling Congress,
vino richly deserves the title as
bowling's No. / War Bond salesman.
He has aided practically every Sec
ton of the duckpin territory in the
East in starting city and State
drives, which have amounted to mil
lions of dollars in bonds.
Helping to launch Waynesboros
drive were Lucy Rose of Rosslyn,
No. ranking woman duckpin bowl
er of the country. and Tony Santini,
famed Capital pinman, who gave
exhibitions and aided Ebersole in
selling their autographed duckpins.
The seventh Bulletin Handicap
will be staged Sunday. starting at 2
o'clock, at George Huguely's Be-
thesda Bowling Center on Old
Georgetown road. Besides the five
game event, mixed doubles is
scheduled at 8 o'clock, with Bing
Moen of Hi-Skor and Fred Murphy
of Lucky Strike making their
Evening star., 1944-07-13

afternoon at 3 o'clock, with Perry
in the ring an hour earlier.
Both have announced the inten-
ton OF opening up with their best
punches in an effort to sell Wash
ingtonians on what appears to be
one of the hottest slugging bees
offered locally In months.
Ref served 10 months in the Army
before being honorably discharged
last October. He since has hit a
terrific pace around New York rings
flattening his last 10 opponents. and
scoring three KOS in as many starts
here.
What does the KO Kid believe will
bring him victory over Perry Monday
night?
"A left hook" he tells you prompt
ly. Il could give out a lot of stun
about a secret punch. but haven t
any. I could try and name the
round 1 expect to take him, but that
would be baloney.
I'm simply going to pile in there
and punch away. II I hit him I'll
hurt him"
Meanwhile. a good advance sale
for Perry and Ref is in progress
at the Liberty Clubs gym, 4ls Ninth
street NV. Reservations are being
taken through Executive 9l78.
Evening star., 1944-07-13
Mats 10 Be on Road
Three Weeks After
Series With As
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

Big league baSeball-or q reason
able imitation thereof-comes back
to Washington tomorrow night, but
It's stay will be brief. Five games
with Philadelphia's Athletics. start
ing with twilight night double
header beginning at $50 p.m., and
the Mats will be of for q tour last
ing three weeks.
Tomorrow's twin bill with the AS
will dispose of the April 10 post
ponement and q good show should
be provided with those veteran mas
ters OF the knuckleball, Johnny
Niggeling and Dutch Leonard, on
the firing line for the home side
while in one of the games the visi-
tors probably will employ that man
of a few thousand words, Bobo
Newsom.
A single game will be offered Sat-
urday night - ladies' night - and
Sunday the usual double-header. will
be staged. Then the Mats will swing
through the West for the second
time this season and invade Boston
for a series with the Red Sox be-
for returning home to resume play
at Grifi1th Stadium on August 8.
1t may be that George Case and
Harlond Cliff will be in the Mats
|line-up some time during the tussl-
ing with the Athletics. Case, his
popping left shoulder much better,
was out taking batting practice yes
terday and hopes to return to action
within a day or two. He has been
out since early in the first game of
July 2.
Cliff, the very late-reporting third
baseman, with nearly a week of
batting drill back of him, should be
about ready to take over the post
that has been held by Gil Torres
The tardy Nat reported last Sunday
in good trim other than an ailing
left shoulder and eyes not accus-
toned to timing pitches.
II Cliff assumes the tl1ird-base
job Torres will move over to second
to give a worn George Myatt a
well-deserved rest. This wouldn't
mean that Myatt is through as a
regular for the season. Manager
Os Bluege announced before he
shepherded the Mats away for their
two exhibition games that George
would come back soon to play when
the opposition used right-han
pitchers.
Another Nat soon to get more
work is Al Evans, catcher who came
back to the club in June after re-
.ceiving medical discharge from
the Army. Evans is a good re-
ceiver snd has one of the best
throwing arms in the business. He'll
get his chance when the heavy
double header stage of the schedule
comes along.
Evening star., 1944-07-13
Legion P|ayoff Game
Is Slated July 29

Championship playof game in the
American Legion Junior Baseball
League race will be staged in Grit
f1th Stadium on Saturday. July 20,
and the winner will represent the
District in Legion regional tilts with
nearby State champs.
Bunker Hill and Fort Stevens
Posts, tied for the loop lead with
four wins and no losses, meet Sum
day at 3 on the West Ellipse; Co.'S
tello tilts with National Cathedral
in the first game at l on the same
diamond and Police and Fire is up
against the Sons Of the American
Legion.
Sundays games conclude regular
league play and the following Sab
bath will see No. in the standings
clashing with No. 4. while No.
takes on No. 3 in semifinals on the
Ellipse to determine the teams to 20
into Griffith Stadium in the finale
Evening star., 1944-07-13
World Series Defeat
Has Followed Three
Previous Victories
By the Associated Press.

| by the Associated Press.
With the three-d vacation over !,
the major leagues swing back into
the second half of the season today
as the IA clubs are Summoning their
second wind in determined efforts
to overhaul the high-hying Cardi-
mails and Browns of st. Louis.
However, the All-Star game Tues
day night and the interesting high
lights emanating from 1t still are
the main topic of discussion among
the baseball folk.
Naturally, the National Leaguers
are happy over their fourth victory
in IL games, but they are looking
ahead to the fall with some mis-
givings, for after each of the other
three victories the older circuit lost
the World Series. The New York
Yankees defeated their INTERIOR
ough rivals, the Giants, in 1896,
duplicated over the Chicago Cubs In
38 and won again from the Gin
cinnati Reds in 40
N. L. Victors Always Host.
All four National League victories
have come with the Frickmen serv-
ing as hosts to the American
Leaguers. 1t also marked the first
time the American League was the
first to score yet lose the game.
| The IL score represented the
widest margin between the two
teams since the games inaugural in
'33. The previous most lopsided
score was the 81 American League
victory in '37 The four runs scored
by the N. L'ers was the most in any
single inning in the IL games.
Bucky Walters of the Reds, who
pitched the first three innings for
the winners. also hurled in one of
the other National League victories,
the only National Lacquer thus
honored. The record, though, is
held by Vernon Gomez of the
Yankees, who took part in four
American League triumphs. At
that. Walters, the biggest winner
in the majors this year. was hit
hardest Of the four National League
chuckers. Tex Hughson and Hal
Newhouser. the only 13-game win
ners in the junior circuit, were the
least effective for the losers.
In using five hurlers, the Amer
lean League set a new high. The
previous top figure was four hurlers
in Al. 1t also was the first time
the American League required the
use of more pitchers in a game
than the National.
The National League gained the
edge in batting for the first time
with an average of 1852 to 25l for
the American League. The senior
circuit also leads in hits, l02 to SO.
Lack Of Homer Notable.
For the first time since 1888, and
for the second time since the classic
started, not a single home run was
hit. 1t also was the first time the
American League entry failed to hit
at least once for extra bases, all six
hits being singles.
Phil Cavarretta became the first
player to enjoy perfect day at the
plate while playing full game. The
Cub first baseman hit a triple, single
and drew three passes, another first.
Joe Cronin. manager of the Bos-
ton Red Sox, serving as coach, and
Rick Ferrell of the Washington Sem
ators, also nonactive, were the only
ones who played in the first all
star game. Mel OFT of the Giants
appeared in his 11th game, record.
when he pinch-hit in the third in
ming OFT and teammate Joe Med
wick were the only performers who
played in the 1884 game.
Evening star., 1944-07-13
Grays-Bushwicks Tilt
Promises Slab Duel

A slab duel is in the cards tonight
at Griffith Stadium when the champ
Washington Homestead Grays will
try to make amends for three
straight setbacks suffered at the
hands of the Bushwicks, crack semi
pro club from Brooklyn.
Grays, turned back, So, 3-2-10-6,
in previous encounters with the in
vaders, plan to put Roy Partlow on
the mound to oppose the Bushwick
star, Bots Nekola. Selection of
Partlow is due to Candy Jim Taylor S
knowledge that the Bushwicks have
"a distaste for southpaws.
Partlow opposed Nekola on the
hill in the opening game of last
Sundays twin-bill and outpitched
the BuskWick ace, only to lose the
decision on errors. Partlow allowed
bat six hits in that while Nekola
gave up nine.
Heavy advance sales indicate that
record crowd for colored night
baseball will be on hand this evening