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Arkansas State press., 1944-04-07

Jno. simmons OF Route =, will
will have TO arrange with some
body to chop his corn while he
is seeking publication in Hot
Springs along with Sister Aslce
Clinkscale of 400 W. 18th. while
Henry G, Folks, 500 Gaines was
fortunate to get off with $40 and
one day, all this because they
should have been somewhere
else when they were at 1923
RiuEo Mt geo a. M. when Of
ficers Allen and Carmichael of
the vice squad paid the domicile
an unexpected visit.
Arkansas State press., 1944-04-07

Elsie Marie Gordon formerly
Of SI3la w. Sth, viii be glad to
see her many friends and greet
them at the USPHC for an uu-
limited time.
Arkansas State press., 1944-04-07

Sure, we're oil shor' of help these
days end | may need q little more
time, bot you can depend on me to
do these Jobs carefully"
Oil must be chanGed-old, worm
out oil drained and fresh, strong
= ESQ Motor Oil in the summer
Grade correct for your car put in.
The chassis must be fabricated
from stem to Stcrn-at every point
where wear might become serious.
The older your car GETS, the more it
needs this fabrication.
I The battery needs an examination,
too. Maybe it should have a fun
- charge for quick summer starts.
The radiator should be drained of
all sediment, and fresh water put
= in. Couplings may need tighten
ing, or replacing.
The tires must be checked for signs
of wear or damage. Maybe switch
= ing EN- around can balance the
wear, give you additional tire life
now when you need it most!
I The transmission and ditferential
are important-let me look EN-
= over and make sure they have the
proper fabrication.
Evening star., 1944-04-12
BY SERGTS. ROY MARABELLA
AND WALTER LEVINE.

A U. S. FORTRESS BASE IN
BRITAIN, April 11.-There will be
six fewer men in our barracks to-
night. They were in one of the
Fortresses we saw shot down today.
1t was a regular rate race free
for-all like it used to be before the
days of the big fighter escorts.
Bad weather part of the way
caused us to miss connections with
our escort and we had to fight it out
alone through two different attacks
going in over the Baltic Sea and
right over the target.
The first attack, by about "a
Messerschmitts, was the worst.
Attacked for IS Minutes.
1t lasted about 35 minutes. They
all came in from our tail. breaking
into waves of IL ships each. All IL
worked on the same bomber at the
same time. They were really mean
AS fast as one bunch could fire
at us and peel off the next group
ROulQ QTlVe III lllIlt Dlt C1Oocl.
Three Fortresses in our group
were knocked down-one, two, three
That made us ''Tail-end Charley
They tried for 20 minutes TO get us
but the best they could do was fill
us full of holes. Those pilots were
plenty hot and eager. One came to
within IS yards, SO close you could
almost have reached out and slap
ped his face.
Evening star., 1944-04-12
Montgomery Ward Union
Calls Strike, Pickets Plant
By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, April 12.-Pickets pa
trolled the vast Montgomery Ward
& Co. central mail order house and
retail store today under surveillance
of 81 policemen in a strike called by
the CIO United Mail Order Ware
house and Retail Employees.
Henry B. Anderson, president of
the union local, said I'VE are strik-
ing because Montgomery Ward has
defled two War Labor Board orders
extending our union contract " I"
and because the War Labor Board
has failed to compel Montgomery
Ward to obey those orders"
Union leaders predicted that 5000
union members would stay away
from work.
Police said the strikers met street.
cars bringing the early morning
shift to work, waving banners, pla-
cards and American flags and shout
ing Don't work."
Norman G. Twist, international
representative of the union, was held
without charge by police after a
disagreement while Mr.. Twist was
distributing handbills.
Company officials declined COM
ment but said statement probably
would be made later. The company
had questioned whether the union
represented a majority of the en-
ployes.
Evening star., 1944-04-12
Massachusetts, Group
Silent on COP Choice
BY the Associated Press.


BOSTON, April 12.-Most of the
48 candidates for the IS places on
Massachusetts, delegation to the
Republican National Convention are
either on the fence or reluctant to
voice preference for any candidate
for the presidency, with the State
presidential primary two weeks
away.
In an Associated Press poll in
which somewhat less than half the
48 candidates have registered choices
or stated their positions, small mi
norities were willing to voice pref
erences for five candidates.
FaVorites among those who did
register their opinions were Wendell
Willkie and Gov Thomas E. Dewey
of New York. But the maximum
support that each of these might
count among 81 candidates who re-
corded themselves in the poll was
six.
Three others indicated they would
support the nomination of Gov
Leverett Saltonstall of Massachu-
sets. Gen. Douglas Macarthur and
Gov. John w. Bricker of Ohio could
count two supporters apiece among
convention candidates who stated
their positions.
The Willkie supporters made their
positions known before he withdrew
from the presidential nomination
race.
All the IS delegates to be elected
will go to the convention officially
unpledged because no Republican
presidential candidate authorized
the use of his name in the Massa-
chusetts primary.
Evening star., 1944-04-12
Congress 10 Remove
|Domengeaux's S Name
BY the Associated PI

BY the Associated PI>
Parliamentary sources in Congress
said today that-regardless Of the
action of Gov. Sam Jones Of
Louisiana on the resignation Of Rep
resentative Domengeaux, Democrat,
of Louisiana-the latter's name
would be removed from the roll of
congressional members.
Mr.. Domengeaux resigned to enter
the armed forces.
Gov. Jones announced he had re-
fused to accept the resignation and
said in his opinion Mr. Domengeaux
could be inducted into the Army
and retain his congressional seat.
Attorney General Biddle's office
had no immediate comment on the
apparent disagreement of the Gov
ernor with Mr.. Biddle's ruling that
members of Congress could not at
the same time be members of the
armed forces
Congressional parliamentarians
said Mr.. Domengeaux's name would
be removed on the effective date of
his resignation, April IS. Mr.
Domengeaux expects to be inducted
April 81.
The parliamentarians said that
while undoubtedly State Governor
was the proper person to whom q
resignation from Congress should be
submitted, they knew of nothing
which gave a Governor any discre-
ton in the matter.
I'm other words" said one. 'you
can't compel man elected by the
people TO represent them to serve
against his own will The Governor
simply lacks the authority to refuse
to accept this resignation.
Evening star., 1944-04-12

Then they started attacking from
all sides at once.
The top turret gun (manned by
Levine) was spinning around like a
top, shooting from all positions.
For few minutes the sky seemed
full of Fortresses breaking up and
falling in flaming wreckage.
One of them rolled wing over wing
down several Thousand feet. In its
crew, we believe, were the six bud
dies of ours from this barracks.
Encountered Terrific Flax.
Two of our engines were hit and
We had to salvo our bombs to stay
|up with the formation. After the
first bunch Of fighters left us every
thing went all right until we
reached the target.
All of sudden terrific flax
started coming up.
Then another IL or ID German
(flghters-this time Focke Wulf- -I90s
Game roaring hell bent out of the
sun.
They dived at us five at a time.
A 20-millimeter shell put 2-foot
hole in our vertical stabilizer and
conclusion knocked the helmet of
Evening star., 1944-04-12
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A UNITED STATES BOMBER
BASE, England, April pa freak
accident which left six live bombs
tumbling around loose in the bomb
bay made a hero of 1t. James w.
Murray, %, Fortress bombardier
from Brooklyn, on his first mission.
He risked his life to tame the
wild explosives and save the crew
of 10.
A burst of fax had hit the bottom
of the plane as it was unloading
bombs on a German airfield and
snapped the bomb bay doors shut
before six bombs-all fused-fell out.
The crew wasn't aware anything was
wrong until the radio operator called
over the interphone that something
that looks like bomb" was dancing
around on the catwalk.
I went back and saw the bomb
on the cat walk and five others
spread all over the bomb bay floor, "
1t. Murray said. Flax had damaged
the electrical system controlling the
doors and they couldn't be COM
pletely opened or shut. The bombs
had come off the racks but they
couldn't get out"
A rush OF air through 4-inch
crack had unwound the arming vane
of one bomb, causing the automatic
spring action to throw out the safety
d1ScS-a process which ordinarily
Evening star., 1944-04-12
Flyer on First Mission Tumes
Six Live Bombs, Loose in Plane

takes place as The bomb is hurtling
down toward the target.
Thinking quickly, 1t. Murray, who
now was aided. by Sergt. Guy A.
Bowman, "a, Leighton, Pa, waist
gunmsn, inserted his fingers between
the striker and body of the nose
fuse to prevent the former from
hitting the primer.
He had to work fast, for the same
thing could happen to the other
bombs-two of which already were
balanced precariously on top of two
others. If the air current blew out
the safety discs the slightest i'm
pact might cause them to go off.
Il had only small walk-around
oxygen bottle, and after about Is
drags of air I'd start gasping and
would have to leave the bombs to
replenish the supply" 1t. Murray re-
lated.
$50 I told the pilot CIT. William
Brinkmeir, st. Petersburg, Fla
we'd have to 60 down lower, SO ]
could work without oxygen"
AS the plane descended 1t. Muir
ray said he held onto the tail fir
of one bomb for dear life, SO il
wouldn't hit anything and blow us
ali to kingdom come"
"The way those four bombs were
bouncing together I thought any
minute something was going to
happen" he said.
Evening star., 1944-04-12
Relief Workers Modified
To Aid Arkansas Areas

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, April IL (P)
Relief agencies were modified to-
day to restore to normal a number
of widely separated Arkansas COM
munities devastated by tornadoes
that left IS dead, l missing, near
ly 200 injured and many homeless.
Red Gross workers. assumed
charge of relief activities. Two were
assigned to the Eastern Arkansas
plantation area near Brinkley,
where Is persons were killed and
about As injured.
Six were killed when the tor
nado cut a 15-mile swath east of
Stuttgart. Five residents of Farm
Security Administration project
near Woodson lost their lives when
several houses were flattened. Fatal
tiles in other communities included
Harris, one; Pine Bluff, two; Mari
anna, two, and Parkin, three. A
Camden man was reported missing.
Evening star., 1944-04-12
Storm Injuries Four,
Causes Heavy Loss
In Southwest Virginia
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A severe rain and windstorm, ac-
companied by hail in some sections,
struck Southwest Virginia and East
Tennessee yesterday afternoon,
causing property damage running
into thousands of dollars and injur-
ing at least four persons.
The force of the storm appeared
ITO be centered in Smyth and
Washington Counties in Virginia
and at Kingsport, Tenn, where tel
egraph and telephone facilities were
put out of commission for several
hours.
Injured were Sam Pierce, Chill
howie, who was struck by a piece
of timber which blew through the
window of car in which he was a
passenger. and Mrs. Fred H. Mill
hauser, Mrs. Pearl Keith and Mrs.
Barbara Patchett when the Gov
ernment trailer home they were oc-
cupying at Kingsport was over
turned by the wind.
Homes Unroofed, Wrecked.
At Marion the greatest damage
wrought was in the Lincoln Hill Sec
ton. Houses were unroofed and
blow off their foundations and two
homes were demolished. Fruit and
other trees were uprooted and chick
en- houses and barns were blown to
pieces.
Heaviest damage in Washington
County, according to Miss Ruth
Rolling, chairman of the County
Red Cross Disaster Relief Com
mittee, was to fine farm buildings.
The windstorm reached gale pro-
portions at Bristol. Electric signs
were blown down in the business
section of the town, trees and tele-
phone poles were uprooted and roofs
of dwellings badly damaged.
Staunton reported wind and rain,
while at Harrisonburg the doWnpour
was heavy for greater part of the
afternoon. At Strasburg, in the
northern part of the State, continu-
GUS rains were reported.
Kingsp0rt Damage Heavy.
Kingsport property damage was
estimated by c. L. Lineback, Kings
port safety director, at several thou
sand dollars. At trailer park there
13 trailer buildings were wrecked.
Local and long distance telephone
facilities were interrupted, power
lines were damaged and the city po-
lice radio system was thrown out of
order.
Reports from Hawkins County,
Tenn, indicated there was consider
able property damage in the Rogers
vile area. Power lines were down,
but telephone service was not inter-
rupted.
Evening star., 1944-04-12
PimIico Results

FIRST .RACE-Purse, s1,50o; 2-year-
olos: 412 furlongs.
Ellis (Roberts) 4sO $40
Sea Raft (Tammaro) $50
Time, 057.
Also ran-Milkstone, Builder, Tiny
Tackle Limehouse, Willing Spirit Mister
Chat and Petrol Point.
SECOND RAcE-7Purse. s1,5oO: 4-year-
olds and up: furlongs.
EogoSo (BowerS) $50 $50 $50
BuiruShes (Simpson) $40 $40
Cape May tScocca) $50
Time, 1:1T.
Also ran--Brinklow Town Hall, Nick,
Brave Heart. True Lass, Lady Fanar,
Blicky Boy, Who REICH and Stormcock.
DAILY Double paid S16.20)
THIRD RACE-Purse $1,000: steeple-
chase; 4-year-olds and up: miles
Mutfeo Drums tRoberts) $40 800 go
Beneksar tHarrison) $50 $50
Flying Tiger tMagee) $50
Time, All
Also ran-strawride Matsonia and Bill
Coffmsn.
FOURTH RACE-Purse. 81 500; allow
snceS; 3-year-olds; furlongs.
Herald (McCreary) 40 200 80
Taeel (Prain) $50 $50
Declared tRoberts) 800
Time, 1.lT25.
Also ran-Historic. Grey Flares. Pro-
loRue, Nibby Jock, Masked Ranger, Victory
Blue Lord Cults, Grand Toy.
Evening star., 1944-04-12
Storms Over Nation
Subside, Leaving
50 Dead, 200 Hurt
Fy the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
Storms which battered most of
the United States the past two days,
leaving SO persons known dead, sub
sided today after a final swing at
the Eastern seaboard and the Great
Lakes area.
Nearly 200 persons were injured in
the tornadoes, rain squalls, wind
storms and snowstorms from the
Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic
Ocean. Lighter rains extended west
to California.
Many remained homeless in Kan
sas and Oklahoma as rivers con-
tinued flooding in the wake of tor
rental rains. A forecast of clearing
and colder weather promised some
relief, but several streams had not
reached predicted crests.
Arkansas, with IS dead in series
of tornadoes, was the worst sufferer.
Six were killed in Fort Wayne, Ind,
by wall blown over by high wind.
North Carolina, Alabama, Oklaho-
ma. South Carolina, Texas, Ken
lucky and Tennessee each reported
one death directly due to lightning
or wind. Georgia reported two dead
Snowplow crews who fought for 36
hours to reach % motorists stranded
high in the Colorado Rockies at
Berthoud Pass by snow avalanches
succeeded last night in opening a
path to the inn where the victims
had taken refuge.
South of the Colorado-New Mex
leo border other snowplow crews
succeeded in opening Ration Pass,
closed by so inches of snow, and
reopened communications with sew
eral communities which had been
isolated by the storm.
Points as widely separated as
Michigan and South Carolina were
lashed by windstorms. A 60-mile-
an-hour gale, described as the heav-
lest in nearly four years, battered
many points along Lake Michigan
and in some localities tore ships
from moorings.
A tornado struck near Walhalla,
s. c., killing one woman and sever
ing power lines. The power break
forced textile mills at Seneca and
Walhalla to suspend operations.
Rain or snow was general east
of the Rockies, in many places
measuring well above 2 inches.
Evening star., 1944-04-12
Russia
Continued From First Page.)

Ovidiopal, sent other forces in a
dash toward Chisinau, capital of
Bessarabia. This column liberated
more than 100 towns and villages,
while troops from Konev's army,
coming down from the north, seized
30 more localities as they closed in
on the capital, Moscow said.
Konev's spectacular advance into
Romania-his troops were reported
already ascending the Carpathian
foothills-has caused the Axis high
command to shift it's Romania-
German military headquarters from
half-encircled Iasi to Bucharest,
front dispatches said.
Northwest of Konev's drive, Mar
shall Gregory K. Zhukov's Isl
Ukrainian Army struck at heavily
fortified positions along the ole
Czech border. Czech troops were
brigaded with the 1st Army, anxious
to participate in the liberation OF
their country.
Evening star., 1944-04-12
|Warships and Planes
Blast Jap Bases in
Northern New Guinea
BY the Associatee Press.

By the Associated Press.
LIED HEADQUARTERS,
Southwest Pacific, April ia
Naval and aerial pounding Of
Japanese installations on the
north coast of New Guinea was
reported by Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur today as official figures
showed the enemy lost at least
six men for each American in
the fight for the western half of
neighboring New Britain.
American destroyers with
fighter escort steamed boldly into
Hansa Bay Monday and hurled
shells into the enemy's shore install
lations. while heavy bombers poured
227 tons of explosives on the base,
which was left under a pail of
smoke.
The attacking force then turned
south to give Madang and its adja-
cent Alexishafen air base the same
treatment.
No Air or Sea Opposition.
No air or sea opposition was en-
countered, but one bomber was lost
TO antiaircraft fire.
A Macarthur spokesman said the
japanese had been cleared from
Western New Britain at cost Of
1,514 American casualties: 442 dead,
| ,062 wounded. 10 missing.
These figures contrasted with
Gen. MacArthur's estimate that the
japanese have lost 4,911 dead and
prisoners, plus at least that many
more from wounds, starvation and
disease. The enemy force of 10000
or SO is In full retreat across rugged
terrain toward the badly-battered
japanese base of Rabaul, 200 miles
away at the northeastern tip of the
island
Many Killed in Suicide Attacks.
The American casualties covered
such operations as the December Is
landing at Arawe, the December 26
invasion at Cape Gloucester and the
March 6 landing near Talssea.
At Bougainville, where American
troops have expanded their Empress
Augusta Bay bridgehead 2 miles
on the Torokina side, the total count
of enemy dead for one month ended
April was announced as $50.
Most of these japanese died in a
series of suicidal frontal assaults
during March.
Other operations Monday In
cluded a 79-ton bombing of Rabaul
by 200 South Pacific planes and q
new assault on the Caroline Islands,
where installations at Woleai Island
were hit and a Catalina bomber
dropped 1,000-pound missile on a
9,000-ton enemy cargo ship. A
smaller freighter also was damaged
there.
Evening star., 1944-04-12
Red Cross Ready to Aid
Indiana Flood Victims

With the Wabash and White
Rivers rising to near-food stage in
Indiana, the disaster service of the
Eastern area of the Red Cross is
standing by in case need develops
for relief to the flooded areas, ac-
cording to Ramone Eaton, director
of the area headquarters.
Mr.. Eaton said reports had been
received from all Indiana chapters
that their disaster committees were
mobilizing and v. A. Phillips, as
sistant area director of disaster
service, has gone to Peru to mob
ilize relief committees.
Miss Besse Kinsey, State liaison
representative, and Harry Wilbur,
field representative, are in the
flooded sections preparing to direct
evacuation and relief operations.
Evening star., 1944-04-12

the right waist gunner, but didn't
scratch him. Another shell knocked
out communication lines and the
oxygen system for the tail gunner
and the two waist positions.
1t seemed like they had timed the
flax and fighter attack.
All that brought us back was the
all-American spirit of the crew and
the ability to keep cool under fire
We didn't think much about our
claims of enemy planes shot down
We didn't have time to watch them
1t was just a case of shooting them
off before they got us.
Evening star., 1944-04-12
Calvary Episcopal a Church

In the reports yesterday in The
Star in the Episcopal Church elec-
tions. the Calvary Episcopal Church,
Eleventh and G street NE, was
listed as the Calvary Episcopal
Chapel. - The church was changed
from its original status as a chapel
in 1941 when it became a parish in
stead of q mission,
Evening star., 1944-04-12
Report

District of Columbia
cloudiness followed by showers late
this afternoon; clearing and colder
tonight, with lowest temperature
40 degrees. Tomorrow fair with
moderate temperature.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah rivers
clear at Harpers Ferry. Potomac
slightly muddy at Great Falls.
Reuorf Fnr - unurr
Evening star., 1944-04-12
Bomber Gunners Tell How Pals
Went Down in Bio Reich Battle

fFollo1Ding is an account OF the
biggest air battle oDer Germany
since the March 6 raid on Berlin,
as told yesterday by ttOo Fortress
gunners-Sergt. Roy Marabella,
21, Pomona, Calf, and Sergt.
Walter Levine, rs, Highland
Park, N. J. They haze been ON
four nissions-du in four days.
Evening star., 1944-04-12
Mats Come Postponed

FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md.
(SpeciaD Wet grounds today can
celed the Washington Nationals ex-
hibition game here today with the
Philadelphia National League Club.
Evening star., 1944-04-12

Record for Last "a Hours.
tFrom noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest, SO, noon today Year ago, so
Lowest, 46. z pm. Year ago, Al.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 80, on April g.
Lowest, II. on January 2.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
From noon Yesterday to noon today)
highest, 30 per cent, at $50 am
Lowest, 46 per cent, at 2:30 pm
Evening star., 1944-04-12
The Sun and Moo

Rises Sets
Sun, today 6.35 40
Sun, tomorrow 6:34 7.43
Moon. today ll45am a53 m
Automobile lights must be turned on one
half hour after sunset
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Evening star., 1944-04-12

Tide Tables.
FURNISHED BY United States Coast ant
GeOdetic Survey
Evening star., 1944-04-12
Pimlico Entries

THIRD RACE-PUrse $500. steeple-
chase: 4-year-olds and up . miles
St. Patrick S Day I4h Sir BueSLeel l4S
Seafght l4S Forest Ranger l4S
Rougemont I4s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-10-08

The ssbig Shots of the show business
have done a swell job overseas. But
to CTS these lesser folk are tops!
1Ns is being by CT joe And it the CT enter
taner the regular of the Foxhole Circuits who doing
the greatest job of in the history OF any war
Doing it humby and with gratitude for the opportunity
Let l9yearold Jean Darling just back from six months
the Italian 'front.' speak for of these little people OF
~USOCamp Shows:
'sDont let anyone talk you about sacrifices. For
my part got more than gave.
I'm Naples hospital wounded soldier grabbed my hand
passed and pressed his cheek without saying word
Do you suppose I'll forget that? At Casino soldier
who had lost both his gave his ring won't
need this any more he said won't forget that either
You may have heard of Miss Darling AS child she was
Baby jean the Our Gang comedies You almost certainly
heard of the Others but they have found their
public = ii 100000 grateful fighting men.