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Evening star., 1944-07-10
Ten 5inkings Claimed
For New Nazi Weapon
BY the Associated Press,

LONDON, July 10.-The German
radio reported yesterday that an
Allied battleship had been hit by
bombs and beached off the Orne
Estuary in Normandy. while the
German controlled Paris radio as
serted the Nazis had sunk 10 Allied
ships in 10 minutes with a new
secret weapon.
There was no confirmation of
these reports or of a more modest
claim by the German high COM
mand to have sunk an Allied cruiser
and a destroyer with weapons of
the German Navy
A spokesman at supreme Allied
headquarters said he had no knowl-
edge Of any new Nazi naval weapon
The Paris radio said the beached
battleShip was the %, ,189-ton Cour-
bet, a 1913-model French vessel
which has been in the Fighting
French navy since the fall of France
While German communicates re-
peatedly have claimed the sinking
of various Allied naval vessels since
the invasion began, 1t remained for
the Paris radio commentator Pa
quis" to make the most extravagant
claims.
Commenting on vengeance
Weapon No. 2" he said, "V-2 may be
a magic torpedo which can sink 10
ships in as many minutes. German
naval craft on Thursday sank one
cruiser, three destroyers and six
merchant ships in almost as many
minutes. 1t is believed that these
successes are the result of new
weapon.
'Is it new torpedo or new type
submarine? Berlin military circles
are silent, but the results speak for
themselves, and we shall doubtless
hear more about it,"
Evening star., 1944-07-10
Speedy Evacuation
|0f Invasion Wounded
Praised by HawIey
BY NELSON M. SHEPARD.

Praise for the speedy air and sea
evacuation of the wounded from
Normandy, many Of whom have
been transported from battle lines
to modern hospitals in England
within an hour, high lighted a re-
port from Maj. Gen. Paul r. Haw-
ley, chief surgeon of the European
theater. just made public here.
AS q result Of this speed and spe-
cial care given en- route, he assured
Surg. Gen. Norman T. Kirk, "the
condition Of the casualties on ar
rival In the United Kingdom has
been surprisingly fine"
Gen. Hawley. who made an in
spection tour of the LIST Army in
France, reported that aircraft by
now has almost supplanted all
other types of evacuation. His
communication, however, made no
mention Of wounded being evacu.
ated by air to the United States,
although there is one case Of this
kind from France on record. Gen.
Henry H. Arnold, chief of the Army
Air Forces, last week said air
transports can bring a wounded
man here from France in 48 hours.
Gen. Hawley especially praised
the surgeons aboard the LISTS and
hospital carriers, surface craft that
were used extensively in the early
stages of the invasion. Many of
the $4,000 men wounded in France
during the first two weeks were
transported back to England by
these craft.
Fractures have been splinted and
shock treated on these hospital car
riers, and 1t Is a rare patient who
arrives In shocked condition." he
assured.
The coordination of the land, sea
and air forces in the invasion was
matched by the full coordination of
the medical forces Provisions for
receiving the casualties in England
were more than adequate and
surgical teams reinforced the
medical platoons at every beach and
port.
There are today many American
soldiers who owe their lives" to
surgeons aboard LIST boats. Gen.
Hawley said. One experienced sur
geon was placed on each boat and
In addition there were two young
medical officers of the Navy and
20 hospital corpsmen. To Vice Ad-
miral Ross T. McIntire, Navy
Surgeon General, he relayed the in
formation that the Navy medical
service in the French operations
has been simply superb"
Both whole blood and plasma
were plentiful and there has been
enough penicillin to treat all the
cases that required it." he said.
The hospital trains in England
also gave adequate service. he re-
ported. There has not been the
slightest hitch in the chain of
evacuation" Gen. Hawley said. in
noting that trains were available
to take wounded from transit hos
pitals to general hospitals less than
SIX hours after requested.
Evening star., 1944-07-10
80 WAC5 Complete
Hospital Training

rhirty-nine enlisted WACS COM
pleted physical therapy training to-
day and formally began official du-
ties at nine Army hospitals as sec
ond lieutenants in the Medical De-
partment, the War Department an
nounced today. They had trained
nearly year for their commissions.
One of them is Helen l.. Matchett
of 1901 Connecticut avenue NV. a
former technician, fifth grade, who
is now on commissioned duty at
Valley Forge General Hospital,
PhoeniXville, Pa. Another is former
Corpl. Jean H. Forrest of Cuckoo,
Va. at Torney General Hospital,
Palm Springs. Calf.
Strength OF the Physical Therapy
organiza ton is less than 1000 aides
at present but recruiting efforts are
being made to increase this number.
The initial 80 have done an out
standing job commented Maj.
Emma Vogel, director of Physical
Therapy Aides, Office OF the Surgeon
General. They are becoming Off
GERS of the Army at time when
their services are in urgent demand
throughout the world. Our training
has been so popular that additional
courses have been provided
Mai. Vogel said 1t is now possible
for civilian women to meet all the
requirements by enlisting in the
Women's Army Corps to take this
kind Of training.
Casualty accounts from our over
seas engagements are potent evi-
dence Of the need for physical
therapists," she said. These women
have the opportunity of treating
our wounded soldiers returned from
those battle fronts"
Evening star., 1944-07-10
d. {. Recreation Head
Calls for Increased
Paper Contributions

An urgent appeal 20 parents and
householders to cooperate in the
paper salvage program now being
undertaken at the public play
grounds to fill m the gaps left in
The Evening Star-PTA Salvaee-for-
Victory campaign through the clos
ing of most OF the schools for the
summer was made today by Milo F..
Christensen, superintendent of rec
reation.
When the schools were in ses-
slon,' Mr.. Christensen pointed out.
the supervision by section teach
ers and the natural rivalry between
the various classrooms served to
stimulate the collection OF old news
papers and magazines. The total
OF about million pounds collected
each month demonstrates the possi-
bilities. Now. however, those influ-
ences are temporarily missing.
The War Production Board has
stated that Is per cent increase
In collections is vital this summer
SO that not only must the million
pounds collected from the schools
be picked up but an additional 25O.-
600 pounds each month.
This will be a difficult task, vet
through use of the Fairgrounds, a
convenient place has been set up
in every neighborhood in the city
to make it easy to turn in the paper
on which the shipment of many
war supplies is dependent.
Parents are urged to see that
their children take paper to the
Fairgrounds on collection DAYS and
householders without children are
requested to send or take their
paper. 1t will be only matter of
two or three blocks at most to the
nearest Playground
Collections tomorrow at the plav-
grounds will be as follows:
Langley Dugout. New York Ave.
Edgewood Taft.
Turkey Thicket. Bunker Hill.
Cook. Bundy.
Dunbar. Shaw.
Douglas simmons. Howard.
Collections at schools continu-
ing through the summer will be as
follows:
Brookland. Woodbridge.
Moves. Emery.
Evening star., 1944-07-10
By the Associated Press.

DOT is dynamite for insects, but
the Agriculture Department ism t
sure some of Its magic may not be
harmful to man, beast and some
insects such as the honey bee.
Flies die on walls sprayed with
DOT for three months after spray
ing.
Soldiers carry cans of it to rid
clothing Of lice and in jungle
country against other insect pests.
One of the newest insecticides,
the Army has commandeered nearly
the entire supply and it Is not now
available for civilian use.
Agriculture Department entomol-
ogists say that preliminary tests
with DDT show 1t Is one OF the
most effective insecticides against
the gypsy moth, the coddling moth,
Evening star., 1944-07-10
Russia
Continued From First Page J

Of Utena where fierce
fighting ragged
This was inside Lithuanian bor-
ders as they existed before the coun-
try was made Soviet republic and
some former Polish territory an
nexed.
Previous reports said the Rus
SLAMS were sweeping past Wilno to
the northwest toward Kaunas, so
miles to the west, had crossed the
preWar Lithuanian border and had
brought the rail line under fire.
Tilsit in East Prussia and Riga. the
Latvian port on the Baltic appeared
in the path Of the offensive.
German underground information
received here said the Germans al
ready had declared East Prussia "a
rear area of operations" and were
planning d swift withdrawal from
the Pskov-Narva sector of Estonia
in the Northern Battles where their
forces were threatened with being
cut on from Germany except by sea
Plans for Evacuation.
The Nazi plan called for evacua-
tion OF all Estonia and most of
Latvia in order to conserve forces
for the defense of East Prussia
the cradle of Junkerism, these ad-
vices said.
The Stockholm newspaper Alton
tidningen declared Adolf Hitler had
moved his headquarters at Lotzen
in East Prussia to a point deeper in
land and that German Army head
quarters at Rastenburg and German
air force headquarters at Rominten
in East Prussia, also were being
moved westward.
Virtually encircling Wilno. the
Russians also swept around the CITY
to the south, taking $50 towns on A
front OF more than 100 miles. in
Guiding Ida on the Wilno- -Barano-
wicz-Luniniec line.
Grodno and Bialystok on the main
railway running southwest to War
saw were in the path of the Rus
slams. Capture of Ida placed the
Russians within so miles OF Gradno
and the fall Of Dyartlovo to the
south placed them within 90 miles
of Bialystok.
Restrictions in East Prussia.
Restriction on civilian travel and
other activities were reported in
East Prussia as the Russian Army
groups thundered westward at a
startling pace. Gauleiter Erich
kock and the military commander
Of Koenigsberg. capital of East
Prussia, were said to have been
given dictetorial powers to aid the
defense OF the province.
The retreat near the Baltic. which
may already be started. would move
the German 10Th Army from the
Narva area to Tallinn, capital of
Estonia. for evacuation by sea to
East Prussia. The 18th German
Army was reported scheduled to
retreat from Pskov to Riga where it
also would be evacuated by sea or
land to East Prussia. depending on
how swiftly the Russians smash
through toward the Latvian capital.
Further accenting the growing
German manpower shortage were
reports reaching Norwegian circles
in London of the withdrawal of Nazi
troops from Norway for service in
France. Garrisons were said to
have left Gardermoen and Hvalds-
moen, and transports were reported
leaving Lillehammer.
Evening star., 1944-07-10
Sherman Gets Gold Star
For Attack in Mdrianas

Rear Admiral Frederick c. Sher-
man has been awarded a Gold Star
in lieu Of third Navy Cross for
taking a task group into the enemy
waters of the Marianas to attack
japanese positions.
Announcing this today, the Navy
said Admiral Sherman's group
pushed in against determined Japa-
nese resistance. including air at
tacks. to inflict heavy damage on
positions at Qua mand Tinian Is
lands and procure valuable photo
graphic information. The action
occurred last February 81
Admiral Sherman is a native of
Port Huron. Mich. His wife now lives
in San Diego. Calf. He was COM
mander of the carrier Lexington
sunk in the battle Of the Coral Sea
in 1912.
Evening star., 1944-07-10
Eight More Nurses
Returned 10 Nazis
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
AT CAUMONT, July 10.-Eight Ger
man nurses. captured in an under
ground hospital near Cherboure,
were returned by the Americans
through enemy lines yesterday in
the second norman 's-land truce of
the beachhead.
On July 2 eight nurses taken in
the Pasteur Hospital in Cherbourg
were returned to their countrymen
The little battlefield drama was re-
peated yesterday.
An attempt was made to contact
the Germans by radio to arrange
the transfer. but the messages were
not answered So 1t. Kenneth j.
Calligan Of Milwaukee and an inter-
prefer left the American lines with
in few hundred yards Of this town
They walked slowly toward the en-
emy lines carrying a white flag.
I'VE walked for about 600 yards
down the road toward Sept ventes
without seeing anything" 1t. CALI
gan said, land then a voice behind
us ordered us to halt. Wed passed
through the German position with
out seeing it."
1t. Calligan and the interpreter
were blindfolded and made to sit on
a bank facing the American lines
while German soldier went to find
an officer.
After few minutes a German
captain, lieutenant and several en-
listed men came up and removed
the bandages.
The transfer took place at pm.
and required a few minutes. The
ofacers saluted and the groups re-
turned to their own lines. A few
minutes later FIRE was resumed.
Evening star., 1944-07-10
Training in Other Jobs
Urged 10 Ease Slash
In Aircraft Labor
BY WILLIAM H. SHIPPEN, Jr.,
Aviation Editor Of The Star.

Harry Woodhead. president OF
COnSolidated-Vultee Aircraft Corp,
recommended to the Senate War
Contracts Subcommittee today that
the Nations aviation workers be
trained for other jobs when they
are released from the aircraft in
dustry and that other released work.
ers be given transportation back to
their bona flde residences.
The witness, one of a number of
aviation experts TO be heard as the
committee goes into what may be
the No. l unemployment problem
after the war. also reported that
the industry was in agreement on
the need for adequate unemploy-
ment insurance as an essential to
orderly manpower demobiliza ton y
He added that such payments should
be far enough under normal scale
to prevent voluntary unemployment
at Government expense.
100000 in Industry.
E. E. Wilson. vice chairman of
United Aircraft Corp. and chairman
OF the Aeronautical Chamber of
Commerce. said the industry with
its 2,l00 900 newly trained employees
Is major part of the national
economy and the Nations No. / in
dustrial demobiliza ton problem"
Chairman Murray agreed with the
witness on this point. He said the
hearing was called largely as a re-
suit Of the Navy's termination of
its Brewster contract and the ques-
tions Of public policy raised by this
act.
In general. the industry spokes-
men urged the maintenance of ade-
quate air power after the war as the
cheapest possible insurance against
recurring wars. with horrible loss of
life. tremendous costs and ultimate
lowering of living standards"
Not Seeking q Subsidy.
Mr.. Wilson testified that the in
dustry is not seeking subsidy so
much as a fsir chance to- develop
through competition.
In emphasizing that thought must
be given to contract Examinations
while the industry is still engaged
in all-out war production. MI. Will
son said 1.-The entire net current
assets of the industry would not
equal one months operating costs at
present production rates"
1t was testified that the net in
come from sales for "a major air.
craft and parts manufacturers was
only l.8 per cent, or the lowest of
all the major war industries. No
figure can be arrived at for profit,
it was said. until all contracts have
been settled.
Evening star., 1944-07-10

was assigned at the Naval Air Sta
ton. Jacksonville. Fla. He has
served aboard the U. S. S. Mississippi
and the U. s. S. Saratoga. He is the
son OF Mr.. and Mrs NJ. S. Sheehy,
1913 Urell place NE.
Together with Bishop James H.
Ryan Of Omaha, Nebr.. Capt. Sheehy
was commissioned by the State De-
partment in 1887 to study the rise
of Naziism in several South Amer
ican countries and was given high
praise for the work accomplished
by this mission. While at Catholic
University, where he remained for
l6 years before going on active
naval duty. he was for time presi-
dent of the Eastern Association of
College Deans.
Capt. Sheehy was a constant foe
of isolationism and delivered radio
talks on the subject and wrote sew
eral books, the last of which was
published by the Council for De-
mocracy.
Evening star., 1944-07-10
Monetary Conference
AT Halfway Mark;
Decisions Awaited
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
BRETON WOODS. N. H., July
l0.-An air of satisfaction hung over
the United Nations monetary con-
ference today. although the discus
sions reached the halfway point
without single publicly announced
decision on major point.
Most of the 43 foreign delegations
indicated belief that no plan for
postwar international cooperation
could succeed without United States
participation. that campaigns based
on narrow issues of national self
interest would give way short of a
threatened stalemate.
Typical was this comment of
Walter Nash. New Zealand Minister:
L am convinced that the United
States is trying to find a way to
cooperate in the peace as it has in
the war;
Plans May Be Revealed Soon.
Announcement was expected this
week of agreement on plans for an
So 900 900, ,000-plus monetary fund
designed to stabilize world curren-
cies and promote trade among ma
tions.
This compromise, which would find
the American attitude predominant
ing on all important issues. will en-
able the conference to devote its
final week to perfecting plans for
$4,000, 900 900 world reconstruction
bank. Work on that mammoth
lending agency already is we'll under
way.
Committees, subcommittee and
informal hotel-room meetings still
labor over many details of the sta
bilization fund program-such points
as quotas, operations and represen-
tation.
Management Issue Studied.
A conference spokesman said yes
terday the makeup of the Manage
ment Committee was causing con-
siderable discussion, with the Latin
American and some other groups
seeking automatic, representation
along with the expected big five
the United States, England, Russia.
China and France.
From this spokesman, too came
an explanation why specific de-
velopments have been slow You
have no voting in committees" he
said. You have a consensus"
The admittedly ticklish issue of
quotas remains one subject on
which delegates grow more tight
Tipped each day.
One member of the American
delegation remarked that this con-
ference has done more work already
than even the most optimistic
among us ever hoped we could ac-
complish at this time"
Evening star., 1944-07-10
Smokes to Get Fired,
Does, Goes to Jail, Too

BY the Associated Press,
LONDON.-Albert S. Pearson, %
wanted to quit his job in an air
craft repair depot, but couldn't be-
cause of labor laws.
So he went into a fight hangar
where smoking is prohibited. Pear
son lit up. He was dismissed-and
sentenced to a months hard labor
besides.
Evening star., 1944-07-10
Sicily, Invaded Yeur Ago,
Nearly Normal Again
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreSs.
CATANIA, Sicily, July 10.-Allied
armies invaved Sicily a year ago to-
day, but the war already has moved
500 miles to the north in the Italian
boot. Sicily fell in 80 days.
Now, year later, former battle
fields have delivered their first crops
and rations have increased. There
is no blackout. Demolished bridges,
roads and rails have been restored
except in isolated cases. Rolling
stock and coal, however, still are
short.
Schools and universities are func-
tioning. and virtually all war
ravased houses and buildings have
been restored.
Evening star., 1944-07-10
Pilot Leops to Sofety
After Target Accident
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
DOVER, Del. May 16.-A single
engined fighter plane crashed yester-
day near Frankford. Del, but the
pilot parachuted to safety.
Offlcers at the Dover Army air base
said the plane had been damaged by
the Trailing ends of a target cable
streaming from a tow plane after 1t.
Marvin I. Nelson had shot the sleeve
target of with a stream of bullets
from his machine guns.
1t. Nelson was only cut and
bruised.
Evening star., 1944-07-10
BY the Associated Press.

CHARLESTON, S. c., July 10.-In
mass evacuation of wounded SOL
diers from Starke General Hospital,
brought here from Italy in Army
hospital ships to Army hospitals
near their homes, the ferry divi-
sion of the Air Transport Command
filled II CAT transport planes with
254 wounded soldiers, most of them
on litters, at the Charleston Army
Airf1eld yesterday and dispatched
the planes to the four corners of
the United States.
Destinations of the big transports
making one-day hops was an
nounced by the Army as: Army and
Navy General Hospital at Hot
Springs, Ark; Brooke General Hos
pital at Fort Sam Houston. Tex:
Harmon General Hospital at Long
view, Tex; McCloskey General Hos
pital at Temple. Tex: Rhosde Cen
eral Hospital at Utica, N. Y. and
Winter General Hospital at Topeka,
Kans. Three other planes began
two-day trips to the West Coast.
but their destinations will not be
announced prior to arrival.
Capt. H. w. Savage. flight surgeon
at headquarters of the ferrying di-
vision at Cincinnati. few to Charles
ton to direct the evacuation, the
largest here thus far.
One of the pilots was Capt. Wal
ter Keith of Louisville, KY. a re-
serve officer who formerly flew
transport planes from India to
China.
The flight nurse with the longest
record aboard was 1t. S. Petrocelli
Of Chicago, who entered the Army in
June. 1912, and who, with % other
nurses. evacuated wounded from
islands around Guadalcanal under
fire and through bombing.
On a plane heading for the West
Coast were two men from Los
Angeles, Sergt. Harry Zimmerman
paratrooper, who was wounded at
Anzio. and Corpl. Clifford Leeper,
who suffered broken leg in Naples
Evening star., 1944-07-10
Fire Damage in Durham
Estimated at $25O,OOO
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DURHAM. N. c.. July 10.-Fire
Chief Frank Bennett said yesterday
that the loss Saturday night in the
burning Of midtown block of ware
houses would be at least $3.50, 900,
and that the loss might be much
larger, depending on the contents Of
the destroyed structures.
Chief Bennett said the fire started
about pm. in the basement of
tobacco warehouse, where furniture
was stored, and ip less than three
hours had consumed all but one
building In the block.
Evening star., 1944-07-10
Accidents Bring Halt
In Traffic Court Work
By the Associated Press.

SAN FRANCISCO. - Municipal
Judge Melvyn I. Cronin called of
Traffic Court after learning that:
His reporter was undergoing an
emergency operation, his clerk had
blood poisoning, his calendar clerk
had crushed toe in a household
accident and his bailiff was a traffic
crash victim.
Evening star., 1944-07-10

N a V a ! District
with hea adquar-
ters at P ar |
H a r b or, t h e
N a " Depart
ment announced
today.
Capt. Sheehy
was c m m i s.
stoned a lieu
t e n a n t M
mander in the
Chaplain Corps
in D e C e m b e r,
1888. an d h is
first duty was at
the Norfolk Navy
Vord Totor ,a
Evening star., 1944-07-10
DecothIon Champ Is Fit
By the Associated Press

1t. Roger Terwilliger. 1912 ma
tional decathlon champion, recently
made the highest score in physical
fitness tests ever recorded at Pampa
(Tex) Army cir field.
Evening star., 1944-07-10
Capt. 5heehy Named
Chaplain in Hawaii

Capt. Maurice S. Sheehy. former
head Of the Department of Religious
Education at Catholic University,
has been named chaplain Of the 18th
Evening star., 1944-07-10
IATC Uses ~ Planes to Move
|254 Wounded From HOSPITAL

when part OF building collapsed on
him.
On the plane bound for Utica was
1t. Joseph Furla, Signal Corps, a
former radio man. of Hartford,
Conn, who was wounded 26 times
in the legs by German machine
gunners at Anzio.