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Evening star., 1944-04-02

friends and neighbors. Mr.. Dean
Shedler will spend most of his leave
in New York before he goes back to
the war zone.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Anderson
have moved from their home in
Argyle Park to an apartment in
Takoma Park.
Mrs. Robert E. Copes' of Silver
Spring Is spending a month in
.-las visiting her son and daugh-
ter-in-law,
Evening star., 1944-04-02

Mrs. H. r. Williams of Washing
ton and Miss Marie Biting of Ar
lington, Va, entertained at an at
Itractively arranged surprise personal
shower last evening at the formers
home in honor of Miss Agnes Gull
leen, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam E. Culleen of Takoma Park,
whose marriage to Mr.. George Har-
mon will take place April Is. Both
hostesses are cousins of the bride
elect and will be among attendants
at the wedding. Mr.. Harmon is the
son of Mrs. June Harmon and the
late George Harmon of Silver Spring
and is a chemical engineer en-
ployed in Charleston, w. Va.
Among others who have enter
tanned at prenuptial parties for Miss
Culleen are Mrs. Reginald F. Alex
ander, who gave a miscellaneous
shower at her home in Bethesda,
and Mrs. Robert Shumaker of Ia
koma Park and Miss Patricia Nc
Shane of Silver Spring, who were
joint hostesses at the latter's home.
Mrs. Walter Rodgers and her
daughter Nettie of Woodside Knolls
have joined Mr. Rodgers at Houston,
Tex. Mrs. Jesse MacPhail, Mrs.
Rodgers mother, is staying with
friends in Takoma Park.
Miss Aileen Williams of Silver
Spring is spending several months
in Phoenix. She also plans to spend
some time in the Grand Canyon and
Texas before returning here,
Mr. and Mrs. William Gamble
and their daughter. Miss Marjorie
Gamble of Silver Spring, have gone
to Coshocton, Ohio, to visit Mrs.
CANDLES parents, Mr. and Mrs. villa
liam Shepherd. They were accom-
panied by their son, Sergt. Edward
Gamble, and Mrs. Gamble, of
Miami.
Mrs. c. B. Hyatt has returned to
Takoma Park from Leesburg, where
she visited her sisters.
1t. Stanley O'Rear, U. S. N. R.,
and Mrs. O'Rear, have moved from
Silver Spring and are now in resi-
dence in Falls Church.
Corpl Ernest w. Carter, jr, who is
stationed at Westover Field, Mass,
is spending a furlough in Silver
Spring with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest w. Carter.
Mr.. Dean Shedler, special writer
for the Associated Press, who has
been in the South Pacific for some
time covering war news, is back in
this country for two months and
has been renewing old acquaintances
in Takoma Park, his former home.
His brother, MIR. Carl Shedler, came
Evening star., 1944-04-02
Takoma Park.Siver Spring
Parties Givem for Bride-Elect;;
Other Social Notes of Interest
ark.Silver Spring

down from Torrington, Conn, and
gave a party at the Statler during
the past week for his brothers old
Evening star., 1944-09-04
Allies Chasing Japs
From India Near Tiddjm
By the Associated prass

by the Associated Press.
SOUTHEAST ASIA COMMAND
HEADQUARTERS. HANDY. Cey.
lon, Sept. 4.-Allied troops advance
Ing into Western Burma in pursuit
OF Japanese forces retreating from
India are approaching Tiddim after
clearing the highway of the enemy
Tor a distance of almost 100 miles
south OF Imphal, headquarters an
nounced today.
The announcement said only linn
lted rearguard resistance was be-
Ing encountered in the continuing
advance.
Farther north of the Chindwin
front other Allied forces were said
to be closing in on Sittaung on the
west side Of the Chindwin River.
In Northern Burma Allied troops
moving southwark down the Man
dalay Railway were reported ap-
preaching Eopin, IS miles southwest
of Mogaung.
An Allied war review Yesterday
disclosed that Allied forces now
control more than 10000 SQUARE
miles of Northern Burma-nearlv
one-tenth of the entire country
Evening star., 1944-09-04

killed or captured by the Japs unless
rescued Immediately. So he decided
to try something new.
He kept the sub just far enough
under water so the top of the peri
scope remained out. That way, he
could still see the pilot, and he
made directly for him.
Il wanted him to catch on to
the periscope, so we could drag him
out Of range of the guns" explained
the sub skipper. I'VE made three
passes at him before he caught on
to what We were trying to do"
With Ensign Brandt hanging on
to the periscope, the sub moved out
to sea.
Tough Going for Pilot.
I'VE still had to stay submerged
because OF the shelling, and it was
tough going for the pilot" the skip
per continued. There he was. out
Of the water half the time and
under it the other-half.
I'VE towed him this way for two
miles, until we got out of their
range. I could look through the
other periscope and see him being
dragged through the waves"
Finally after an hour Of towing,
the sub surfaced and took ENSIGN
Brandt aboard. HE was a little
beaten up" member OF the sub
crew said, but he admitted 1t was
better than falling into the Japs'
hands
Evening star., 1944-09-04
Navy Flyer, Shot Down by Jops,
Rides 2 Miles on Sub Periscope

THE tolloDing story Dds Drit-
ten by It. Milburn McCarty, jr.,
OF NeW York, Marine Corps
combat correspondent, and dis
tributed by the Associated Press.)
SOMEWHERE IN THE PACIFIC
(DelayeO The fantastic story of
how Navy aviator, shot down at
sea, held on to the periscope Of a
submerged United States subma-
rine and was towed 2 miles to safety
was told today upon the subs re-
turn from q mission in Japanese
waters.
The details of the rescue were re-
lated by the subs crew.
The sub, which must 60 unnamed,
was prowling around a Jap island
at the same time oup planes were
making . raid. When one Of the
planes was hit, the pilot, Ensign
Donald c. Brandt of Cincinnati,
Ohio. jumped out at $4,000 feet. He
alighted safely in the water only
two miles on the Japanese island.
Sub Forced to Submerge.
The submarine went to the rescue,
but as it drew near, Japanese shore
batteries started shelling the area.
Shells hit within few yards Of the
sub and it had to submerge.
Before taking his craft under, the
skipper got q good look at Ensign
Brandt struggling helpless In the
water, He knew the pilot would be
Evening star., 1944-09-04

and Hungarians are believed massed
in large numbers.
A Russian war bulletin disclosed
the capture of Rasvadu, "a miles
beyond the Ploesti oil fields and
only l35 miles from the Yugoslav
frontier. This drive was in a direc-
ton that would lead to a juncture
with Marshal Tito's Partisans.
Still other Soviet units, mopping
up south of Bucharest, wiped out
or hurled across the Danube River
into Bulgaria the last German
remnants caught in a 37-mile area
between Oltenita and Giurgiu.
Gen. Malinovsky's southern forces
and the Sd Ukraine Army of Gen
Feodor I. Tolbukhin were poised on
. l50-mile stretch of the Bulgarian
frontier.
But aside from the activity In Ro-
mania, the long eastern front VA.
generally quiet.
It was dtfncult to predict lust
where the first Red Army blow viii
fall. If the Russians follow theil
previous tactics it will be an attack
OF attrition rather than an offensive
in full swing from one end of the
front to the other.
Evening star., 1944-09-04
Allied Planes Attack
Targets in Germany,
Holland and France
5000 Sorties Flown
In Heavy Sunday Blows;
Two Bridges Destroyed
By the Associated Press.

LONDON. Sept. 4.-Miserable
flying weather closed in over the
continent today after a Sunday
in which Allied airmen few
nearly 5000 sorties, including a
1.7o0-ton American batteripg of
besieged Brest.
The air war was brought to almost
dead stop last night and was at
a minimum early today. -
American and British heavy
bombers attacked objectives yester-
day in Germany, Holland and
France, and planes based on Italy
made a heavy attack on the Yugo-
slav capital of Belgrade, periled by
Marshal Tito and the advancing
Russians in Romania.
British Lancasters and Halifaxes
bombed German air bases in the
Netherlands at Gilzerijen, Venlo
Elndhoven, Volkel, Soesterberg and
Deelen. Up to 500 Flying Fortresses
battered synthetic oil plant in the
chemical center of Ludwigshafen on
the Rhine, where the Nazis may be
producing poison gas.
Sweeping over the Boulogne-Os-
tend-Brussels-Antwerp area, Amer
ican fighter bombers DESTROYED 2
bridges and 10 buildings described
as cradling special targets. Trans
port in Belgium also was hit, includ-
ing 81 locomotives, "a railcars and
200 motor vehicles DESTROYED or
damaged.
All daylight operations from the
west cost S heavy bombers and 3
fighters. Nine German planes were
shot down.
Road targets were bombed near
Belgrade. Tactical MAAF planes
struck targets in battle zones of
Northwest Italy in an apparent at
tempt to block and trap Germans
fleeing the punctured Gothic Line
Six Allied planes We're lost in the
south and one German was de-
stroyed.
Evening star., 1944-09-04
BY THOMAS r. HENRY,

WITH UNITED STATES FORCES
IN BELGIUM, Sept. A trap
closed today on German divisions
trying to escape over the Belgian
border when they encountered
American armored elements and in
fantry along the major highway
from Mons to Bettignies, just over
the French line.
Three thousand were captured
and hundreds slain as the enemy
divisions tried to cut their way
across the road. There was sharp
fighting nearly all day. I caught the
middle of the battle with Hal Denny
of the New York Times and Bob
Reuben of Reuters, former WASH
ington reporter, as I started early
from the border town of La Capelle,
expecting quiet Sunday trip into
Mons, which had been entered by
an armored division at dawn.
We joined advancing infantry.
Suddenly the road was swept by
rifle and machine-gun fire and we
passed the cold morning in a ditch
Then We proceeded hundred yards
to the last house in France, where
We cooked dinner and, from a farm
kitchen window, Had box seat for q
battle in the pasture as the Ger
Evening star., 1944-09-04
300 to I 1000 Romans
Killed on Nuzi Orders
the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
ROME, Sept. 4.-When the Ger
mans occupied Rome. the NaM Sc
curity Command issued orders under
which 300 to 1000 Romans were
killed and an equal number were in
Jured seriously. the Allied Control
Commission announced today. Some
were shot, some killed by other
means and others were beaten to
death.
The ACC said all listed on the rolls
OF the command headquarters would
be held responsible. Three will be
called upon to defend themselves be-
fore court if they are ever found
alive in Allied hands"
Evening star., 1944-09-04
Star Reporter Sees Trap Sprung
OnNozi Troops Fleeing France
Three Thousand Captured, Hundreds Slain
By U. S. Forces Just Inside Beeion Border

mans advanced firing, then threw
up their hands in surrender as soon
as their fire was returned.
They were almost in our back
yard when artillery scored direct
hit on halftrack racing over the
pasture in an attempt to cross the
road. The halftrack Immediately
burst into flames. None of the occu-
pants escaped.
We were constantly leaving our
hash and coffee to witness some new
incident In the pasture as cannon
fire shook our building. The enemy
took one of the worst air strafings
yet. All day long fighter planes
were diving low, strafing the enemy
in the woods. This strafing worked
perfectly. Scores of German wound
ed were brought in.
The prisoners claimed they had
been assured of at least l5-mile
corridor east through Charleroi,
over the border. for several days.
They were dumbfounded to find the
Americans on the road and thought
their only chance was to fight their
way across.
The brunt of the attack fell on the
American infantry, which used the
road as barricade against troops
advancing over the fields. The Ger
ICno IYENpV Doon o.
Evening star., 1944-09-04
40 Hurt When Troop Train
Hits Freight in Kansas
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NORTON, Kans., Sept. 4.-Thirty-
seven soldiers and three trainmen
were injured last night In the head,
on, main line collision Of troop
train and Rock Island freight.
Two of the 10 were injured criti-
cally, Charles Peterson, Goodland,
Kans., engineer OF the troop train,
and Harry Long, Goodland, his fire-
man.
Two soldiers were burned on the
face by acid from q battery In their
coach.
Two baggage cars and Pullman
were derailed on the eastbound
troop train, and two freight cars
were derailed and burned. The
wreck was On the Rock Island main
line between Chicago and Denver.
Evening star., 1944-09-04
Eight Russian Armies Poised
For Big Eastern Front Drive
Red Troops Reported Rebuilt, Rested
Since Greet Compoie During Summer
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Sept. 4.-Built up
and refreshed after a great sum-
mer offensive, eight Russian
armies from the northern slopes
Of the Carpathians in Poland to
the lake-locked country of Es-
tonia in the Battles prepared
today for another all-out attack
on Hitler's eastern front.
(The Berlin radio said today the
Red Army had launched large
scale attack yesterday along a
wide front" in the area of
Wyszkow. about 30 miles north
east Of Warsaw.
tThe Nazis admitted small
penetrations" had been made into
these deeply staggered defense
1o1es," but said they were 'swith-
out Importance" and were sealed
off.D
In Romania. Gen. Rodion Y. Ma
Hnovsky's I'd Ukrainian Army push
ed into the Transylvanian Alps
reaching the crest between Ploesti
and Brasov, where the Germans
Evening star., 1944-09-04
u. ). Orders Seizure
OF 4 Soft Coal Mines
In Pennsylvania
Strikes Bring Action
By Roosevelt; 66
Others Threatened
BY the Associated Press.

oy tHe ASSOCIATED PreSs.
President Roosevelt today en-
powered Secretary of the Interior
Ickes to seize and operate four
Pennsylvania soft coal COM
panies tied up in labor disputes,
and threatened to take over Sc
other mines if their production
is interrupted by threatening
disputes.
The four companies ordered
seized are all in Pennsylvania. The
other 66 are scattered over Penn
sylvania, West Virginia, Virginia
and Kentucky.
Prior to today's action, the Gov
ernment had seized nine mines. In
volved IN the walkouts are demands
by the new supervisors union of the
United Mine Workers District so
for recognition for bargaining pur-
poses.
The action followed the closing
this morning of IA mines-eight in
Pennsylvania and six In West Vir-
ginia-in compliance with strike
Evening star., 1944-09-04
French Troops Sweep
IS Miles Above Lyon;
Yanks Take Airfie|d
Americans Beot Back
Reor Counteruttuck by
Nozis at MontreveI
, the associated Press.

~ the EseotiNLSC FIese-
ROME, Sept. 4.-French troops
have reached Villefranche, Is
miles north of Lyon, and Amer
lean forces have beaten of a
Nazi rear guard counterattack
at Montrevel, ~ miles northeast
Of Lyon, In the pursuit of Ger
MANS fleeing Southern France,
Allied headquarters said today.
American and French patrols en-
tered Lyon yesterday from three
directions, but the great city was
not Immediately occupied. an Al
lied announcement said. An airfield
east Of the city was captured.
Battered remnants of the German
18Th Army, seeking a haven in the
fatherland, were almost entirely
evacuated from Lyon by yesterday
and substantial numbers in scat
tered groups were attacked from
the air as they retreated up the
Saone Valley north of Villefranche
American troops, continuing their
swing across enemy routes of with
drawal northeast of Lyon, made
further progress and were engaged
in number of clashes with Nazi
forces fighting to screen their
retreat.
Sharp fighting occurred yester-
day some IL miles north
of Bourg- g-en-Bresse, IS miles north
east OF Lyon. The action took place
in and near Montrevel, which was
half occupied in a two-hour fight.
Later a tank-supported Nazi force
attacked but was repulsed.
The fighting was described as stiff
at Certines, 6 miles southeast of
Bourg. and German resistance con-
tinued also at Ceyzeriat in this
vicinity.
Few of the score or more bridges
across the Rhone and Saone Rivers
which divide Lyon remain intact.
Evening star., 1944-09-04
French at Montpelier
Condemn vichy Officials
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Sept. 4.-Radio France
In Algiers said today the French
Forces of the Interior have set up
a tribunal at Montpelier which al
ready has condemned the nrefect
Of police and other high Vichy off,
cials to death.
Montpelier. near the Mediter-
ranean coast in Southeast France,
was occupied by French troops last
week in their advance toward the
Spanish border from the Riviera
beachhead.
Another French radio broadcast
said French workers sent by the
Germans to Czechoslovakia are
fighting side by side with Czech
Partisans.
Evening star., 1944-09-04
German War Prisoner, 1S
Escapes al TimberviIIe
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BLACKSTONE, Va, Sept. A.
Army authorities said Kirt Krott,
1S-year-old German prisoner of war
escaped early today from the Zigler
cannery at Timberville, near Har-
risonburg. He was one of a crew of
about IS prisoners from the camp
at Timberville which was working
on the night shift at the cannery.
Krott wore fatigue clothes Army
overalls) having the letters "P. w."
on both coat and trousers. He weighs
lot pounds, is feet 2 inches in
height, has brown eyes, fair skin
and blond hair.
Evening star., 1944-09-04
luII in Robot Raids
Extended 10 81 Hours
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Sept. 4.-Britain en-
.ioyed another raid-free night last
hight. extending to 81 hours the
time which has elapsed since the
last flying bomb fell in this country
Friday afternoon.
The lull was the longest since the
Nazis first loosed their robot as
saults. and Britons began to see an
end to the "V-I" battle rs the Allied
armies overran more launching sites
on the French coast.
German propaganda in connec-
ton with the flying bombs appeared
to be falling OF, yesterdays high
command communique making no
mention of wi" for the first time
since June is.
Meanwhile, there was speculation
that with Britain gradually winning
freedom from attack the Nazis
might turn their robots loose on
Paris from sites farther east.
Evening star., 1944-09-04
German Radio Warns PEOPLE
Against Weakening in Crisis

"The enemy is flooding us with a
veritable thunderstorm Of propa-
ganda which may bring confusion
and conflict in the homeland. He is
out to split the nation and its unity.
I'VE must be warned against such
agitation, which is bound to increase
every hour as the enemy continues
to blow his trumpet about victories
at the front.
1T is our job to work and to con-
tinue to work, as only that can
bring us victory"
The broadcast came amid con-
tinued silence by Adolf Hitler, who,
Lisbon had reported, planned to ap-
peal to the German people yester-
day to fght to the last ditch In de-
tense Of the holy soil" Of the Reich.
Evening star., 1944-09-04
By the Associated Press.

bS the ASSOClabs0 tIeSS.
LONDON, Sept. 4.-In one of the
frankest Nazi broadcasts ever di-
rected to home listeners, the Berlin
radio declared today that every
German must be warned at this
hour that the slightest sign of wav-
ering or weakness now will present
the enemy with victory"
With American forces at the very
German frontier-perhaps already
across the border "a German
spokesman told the home front:
I'VE are fighting for our bare
existence and the choosing is not on
our side. Weaklings will probably
nag under the strain which Is now
being exerted on us. But the strong
must keep the banner flying.
Evening star., 1944-09-04
Crosby to Broadcast
PEoqrom for Germany
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Sept. 4-Bing Crosby
will sing few songs, longtime
favorites with the Germans, tonight
in recorded broadcast to be
beamed to Germany.
The crooner will sing In German
and preface the songs with a brief
talk in German, saying the United
States has no Gestapo and that
every one is free to pursue liberty
and happiness.
A similar program was beamed to
Norway last night by the American
Broadcasting Station in Europe.
Evening star., 1944-09-04
Allied Agents Round Up
Sicilion Counterfeiters
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
ROME, Sept. 4.-Allied intelli.
gence agents have smashed a huge
Slcillan counterfeit ring, recovering
nearly s500,0O0 in queer" currency
which the counterfeiters planned to
pour into the larger Italian cities as
they are liberated by the Allies, it
was announced today.
Maj. Robert j. Wilson of Colum.
bus. Ohio, chief agent, said 81 men
were arrested and seven plates
which were used to make 1,000-lir
notes were recovered in breaking
up the ring which had headquar-
ters in Palermo.
Evening star., 1944-09-04
Laval Property Seized
For Benefit of Stute
By the Associated Press.

By tne ASS0CIated Pfes8.
NEW YORK. Sept. All prop
|erty held by Pierre Laval In the
Cletmont- -Ferrand region OF France
Is being confiscated for the benefit
of the State" under 4 ruling Of the
regions ccmmissariat.
The vichy radio, g heard By rec
monitors. reported the action today.
Evening star., 1944-09-04
Polish Patriots
Giving Up Fight
Inside Warsaw
Capitals Evacuation
Forced by Lack Of
Food and Weapons
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Sept. 4.-Polish re-
sistance forces were reported
today to be abandoning the
month-long battle inside War;
saw and evacuating their cap
ital because food and weapons
are lacking.
The Press Bureau for the Polish
forces reported that Gen. Bor had
abandoned the fight, but later, while
insisting that the dispatch was &C.
curate, said ut isn't officially con-
firmed yet"
An official German broadcast as
serted that tens of thousands Of
rebels" were captured in Warsaw.
The Polish bureaus report said an
outbreak of an epidemic was i'm
pending in the torn and burning
city.
Patriots Dispensing.
Eariler communlque from Gen.
Bor announced the abandonment Of
the old city portion of Warsaw and
the Sadbya district west of the vis-
tula River.
Gen. Bor communicated his de.
cision to abandon Warsaw to the
commander in chief of Polish forces
mere. The message by underground
radio emphasized there was no sur
render. but that the Patriots were
dispensing and leaving the city with
the intention of reassembling again
as an underground force outside the
capital.
For "a days the Poles have re-
ported bitter fighting and the battle
within Warsaw became a disputed
cause OF widening the breach be-
tween the Russians and the exiled
Polish government in London.
Disclaimed Uprising.
The uprising started when the Red
Army first drove within a few miles
OF Warsaw When the Russians did
NOT TAKE the capltai in a~few DAYS,
Gen. Bor began sending urgent ap-
peas for guns and supplies.
Moscow disclaimed the uprising.
saying 1t was ordered by the London
Poles without coordination with the
Red Army command.
Some supplies were dropped by
Allied planes flying round trip from
italy. The London press reported
later that Russia had refused the
use OF Soviet bases for regular shut
tie supply service.
Gen. Bor's communique said the
old city section of Warsaw was in
complete ruin. He said the center
OF the capital still is under constant
barrage of heavy artillery, mortar
and air bombs.
Evening star., 1944-09-04
Seven Children Killed
In Truck-Troin Crash
the Associated Press.

STOCKTON, Calf, Sept. A.
seven Stockton children and the
driver OF a truck were killed yes
terday In a collision with a local
passenger train at q grade cross
ing. A girl of 18 was critically
injured. The group was en- route
to a swimming party.
Evening star., 1944-09-04
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