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Evening star., 1944-03-21
Red Air Force and PIoesti

Win capture OF Mogllev PodOlSki
which adds new impetus to their
amazing and seemingly irresistible
advance across the Dniester into
Bessarabia, the Russians are now
only some $50 miles from the Ploesti
oil fields, Hitler's major natural
source of fuel and lubricants. This
has been considered one of the most
important targets for Allied bombers
in the whole of Europe, but up to
the present the American Air Force
alone has struck at it-under the
most difficult conditions requiring
round-trip flight of about 1000
miles.
Now that they are so near to this
prize objective. the Russians can,
if they wish, send great fleets of
raiders against it, but whether they
will or not remains to be seen. They
may feel that the situation has so
deteriorated for Hitler that the de-
struction of Ploesti has become a
matter of relatively minor military
value. Or they may be confident of
rolling forward so fast through Ru-
mania that they will be able to
seize the fields for their own use in
the war. assuming that the retreat
ing Nazis do not have enough time
to apply Scorched-earth tactics eff
fectively. AS a matter of fact, the
Russians have never resorted very
extensively to strategic bombing. In
deed, within recent months, the
sparing use of airpower has been one
of the rather strange and unex-
planned features of the war on the
eastern front.
The infrequency of such strategic
bombing by the Russians may be
the result of equipment limitations
or technical difficulties peculiar to
the eastern front. Whatever its ex-
planation, however, the fact is worth
noting, now that the Ploesti fields
are so readily within range Of the
Red Air Force. If the Russians de-
eide not to raid it, the decision may
merely reflect their own confidence
that the Nazis are on the verge of
catastrophe and that it will make
small difference, one way or the
other, If they have access to Ru-
manian oil for little while longer.
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ceptable to the rank and file of the
voters in this great Midwest area.
Mr.. Willkie, however, has had an ex-
cellent reception in the State and
good press up to date. Good crowds
have turned out to see and hear the
man who polled more votes in 1910 than
any other Republican presidential cam
didate ever received-even though he
lost to President Roosevelt.
Mr.. Willkie has the field entirely to
himself The other three presidential
possibilities supported by states of
delegate candidates are Gov. Thomas
E. Dewey of New York who has de-
clared himself not candidate and is
sticking to his knitting in Albany; Gen.
Macarthur in command of Allied forces
in the South Pacific, and 1t. Comdr.
Stassen, former Governor of Minnesota,
also in the South Pacific. One of them
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actly what we desired for Italy; he was
the italian government when we wanted
an Italian government, and he was no
government at all when we didn't want
an italian government.
Whenever Badoglio's position was
threatened, he would bolster 1t by prom
Using to resign, His promises to resign
were so popular that they even won him
kind of following. Meanwhile, the
italian people could be kept out of the
government because Badoglio was in,
and also Modified with the theory that
he had his bag packed and was about
TO leave
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Still No Tires

From the Hutchinson News
Up and down like rubber ball mon
synthetic) have bounced America S
hopes for breaking the rubber bottle
neck during World War II But the
supply of tires hasn't done any bounc-
ing. The trend has been and is steadily
downward
Because the matter has been con-
stantly surrounded by hush hush, ru-
NOR and contradiction, people have re-
ceived the impression that efficient pro-
duction of synthetic rubber has been
sabotaged by a gigantic tug of war on
the part of commercial interests seeking
the inside track on the postwar rubber
industry. Time may tell.
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Recent information which tallies with
the Russian communiques indicates
Soviet crossing OF the Dniester River
and the penetration of wide portion
of Northern Bessarabia. Whether this
move of the Red Army@is prompted by
political reasons-to compel Rumania
to make peace-or whether it is in
tended to outf1ank the German defenses
in the mountains south of Lwow is not
certain. The American military mis-
sion in Moscow headed by Maj. Gen.
Deane receives little more military news
than the newspapermen accredited to
the Russia general headquarters. The
Soviet officers are friendly and cordial
toward their American and British COL
leagues, but they continue to be as dis
Greet regarding their ultimate plans as
they were before the Teheran confer
ence.
X X
Under the circumstances, a full ap-
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And we should note that as they do
SO. they move their covering troops
forward to Rowel, squarely on~tthe,
Brest Litovsk-Lwow railway, SO as toI
guard the flank of their ADVANCING,
forces. The principles are exactly the,
same as though we were dealing with
companies instead of groups of armies.
on a terrain of dozen square miles
instead of half continent. 1t lookS
bigger, and it sounds bigger, but the
principles don't change Perhaps that
is why all generals have to start as
second lieutenants.
Evening star., 1944-03-21

Last eek all
available port S
indicated that the
Germans were re-
treating in an or
derly fashion. Ac-
cording to best in
formed sources, they
were losing a good
deal of. war material
in the Southern Uk-
raine mud, but on
the whole it was be-
lieved here and in
London that the
bulk of their forces
were successfully
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majority Of t h e
States "a delegates
to the Republican
National Convention.
If he fails to get at
least 13 of the dele
cation, it will not be
considered a VIC
tory, even by Will
kie supporters. If he
gets below II, it will
be a distinct set
back. 1t will go to
prove that his brand
Of Republicanism
and he, himself, as
a leader, are not ac-
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pose that an enemy
force of three rifle
companies is de-
Tending a ridge. The
enemy has two COM
panies dug in along
the ridge, and the
third in reserve. We
are attacking with
four companies. We
might put t h r e e
companies in line
and hold one IN re-
serve. We would use
our extra length of
line to overlap one
Of + n o q NJ m v S
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A Needed Survey

From the Ottawa Citizen. Z
A new survey of the Canadian North
west may be undertaken jointly by thG
Canadian Government and the railways.
Such a survey is needed, especially now
that means of communication cover &
vast area which even today is not cove
cred by reliable and up-to-date maps. ;
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heaven and earth,
between recognition
and nonrecognition.
The motto which
hangs over the door
of Halfway House is
Eyes and No." orna-
mented with doo-
dies.
All the leases in
Hallway House are
short leases. Bado-
Clio kept his room
only on the promise
that he would quit it
when Rome was
70 Gn,, Hn xfyoc nv
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Questions Deferment Right

To the Editor of The Star:
Twenty-seven policemen and seven
firemen with less than years service
beforehand fathers inducted!
What right has policeman, fireman,
or any other Government employe
since Pearl Harbor, to expect defer
ment?
A METROPOLITAN POLICEMAN.
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The Political Mill

MADISON, Wis.-Wendell L. Willkie,
who began a transforming tour of
Wisconsin Saturday, is stalking his
Evening star., 1944-03-21

What is happening at the extreme
western end of the Russian battle front
now can be illustrated by very simple
problem in minor tactics. Let us sup
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I'd Rather Be Right

Halfway House: The United States
Government had Badoglio where it
wanted him 1t had him parked in
Halfway House, somewhere between
Evening star., 1944-03-21

No responsible Washington authority
has any definite idea as to the extent
of the German rout on the southern
Evening star., 1944-03-21
Letters to The Star
Objects to Lang "Movement"
To Spare German Cities.
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
I want to make a protest against
movement started by Is clergymen of
New York City who indorsed Lord
Lang'S stand against the Allies program
of bombing German cities So often
what starts in a large city spreads
regardless of stupidity. I am grieved
and also disappointed in these men,
Some years back knew some of them
pretty well and held them high in
my esteem Either they have stayed
too long in the "poly-glot' or I have
become benighted in seclusion.
I protest because it is a reflection on
the intelligence of our American and
Allied men who have this matter in
hand. To achieve and hold high
standard of morale we must have
faith in those whom we have commits
stoned to do this work. I hope we
believe that our men know what they
are doing, that they are not wantonly
destroying cities and killing innocent
old women and children. We believe
they have very much at heart the
saving of human lives and munitions.
I can see how their bombing in the
end will save thousands of lives,
CopCCidily tllc lives VI OuI UOyS WHO
are sent to fight.
The Lang movement also casts re-
Election upon the Allied sense of
decency and humaneness. Who would
dare pretend to be so sanity at this
late hour as to make our Allied forces
guilty of doing things that smack of
Germany or Japan? If these clergy
men have been cowardly in the past in
helping to make a Real Christ" felt
and known, they hardly can set up
a pussy-footed humaneness with a
shadow dense enough to hide the
truth.
1t is a consolation to me to believe
that our Allied people are too intel
hgent to take the New York clergymen
seriously.
REV. LUTHER B. FRANCK.
C,lmherlapd Vo
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the late italian historian, Guglielmo
Ferrero. ranked it high among the
factors making for legitimacy"
which he deemed the necessary basis
for new era of European stability.
Evening star., 1944-03-21
Corrects an Inadvertence.

To the Editor of The Star:
In June. 1910, the Immigration and
Naturalization Service was transferred,
under the Presidents Reorganization
Plan No. V, from the Department of
Labor to the Department of Justice
Approximately four years later-on
March 13, 1944-David Lawrence de-
voted large part of his learned and
Informed" column of commentary in
The Star to proving why the Immigra-
ton Service should be taken out of
that Gabor department and made the
nucleus of Department of Public
Welfare"
The Star, which publishes such CUFF,
should have the grace to blush on be-
half of Mr.. Lawrence.
CHARLES MALCOLMSON.
Editors note: Mr.. Lawrence and The
Star stand corrected. The inadvertent
reference to the immigration Service
was not important, however, in con-
nection with the article and Mr. NAL
colmson's letter is inaccurate in imply
ing that it was and incomplete as to
the quotation)
Evening star., 1944-03-21
Wants Pharmacists Exempted.

wants Pharmacists Exempted.
To the Editor of The Star:
With all the arguments in officialdom
and among the citizens of our country
regarding deferments from inductions
into the armed forces, there H matter
which should be aired well and a positive
decision made relative to certain class
of greatly needed individuals. I refer
to the registered pharmacists. The work
of these men is desperately essential in
safeguarding the health of our Nation.
Laws are in effect forbidding the filling
of physicians prescriptions other than
by men (not forgetting the women) who
have college degrees, have served num-
ber of years as apprentices and have
passed State board examinations which
finally qualified them, after licensing, to
carry on this most important work.
According to my present knowledge of
District of Columbia statistics, there are,
approximately, $500 qualified pharma-
ciSts, licensed or unlicensed, in this area.
Many of these have seen fit to associate
themselves with other kinds of work
either in the Government employ or
with private enterprises. Some are
carrying on their profession in hospital
pharmacies. After these deductions
from the appropriated total above,
there remain only a few hundred actual
ly engaged in filling prescriptions in the
pharmacies of the District of Columbia.
All States of the Union, am told, are
similarly affected The number gradual
ly is being lessened by inductions into
the armed services, making it necessary
to lengthen the hours of work to such
a degree that it might result in dam
gerous menace to the careful filling of
physicians prescriptions. The number
of prescriptions steadily is increasing.
I was registered as pharmacist in the
year 1899 in the District of Columbia
after graduating from college of
pharmacy. retired from active work
on January 2, 1941. About one year
thereafter was induced to again enter
the field of pharmacy, having been
shown the dire need for operatives in
that line. This need steadily is increas-
ing. Drastic action, therefore, should
be taken at once to prevent further
lessening of the number of the present
all-too-few registered pharmacists in the
District of Columbia
FRANK B. KETCHUM, Phar. D.
Evening star., 1944-03-21

Under the circumstances, full ap-
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-04-20

on the mantle. On each side of
the altar there were potted palms.
The living rooms in the Monagle
home were decorated with bowls OF
spring flowers. Clusters of ever
green and white satin ribbon bows
adorned the stairways.
Prior to the service, Mrs. Evelyn
Holman, sopano, sang, "Ah, Sweet
Mystery of Life" and "At Dawning."
She was accompanied at the piano
by Miss Margaret Pearce, who also
played the wedding march from
Lohengrin.
Wearing the traditional white, the
bride was met at the foot of the
stairs by her eldest brother, M. E.
Monagle, who escorted her to the
altar. They were preceded by the
maid of honor, Miss Tula Jackson.
The brides dress was white net
and the something blue" was in
the pastel blue lace ruffles inserted
in the gown. The waist was fitted
in basque fashion. There was a
sweetheart neckline and the sleeves
were short. The skirt was full.
Her fingertip length veil was held
in place by a coronet of mother of
pearl orange blossoms. The brides
bouquet was Of variety of roses
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with talesmen roses dominating.
Streamers of silver ribbon cascaded
from the bouquet.
The brides only piece of jewelry
was a gold etched cross, centered
with a diamond. This was the bride
groom's gift.
Miss Jackson wore a floor-length
electric blue gown with a satin
basque top and full net skirt. She
carried a bouquet of roses, pre-
dominately pink. John P. Monagle,
another brother of the bride, acted
as best man.
Mrs. Monagle, the brides mother,
wore a floor-length gown of rose
colored taffeta. Her corsage was OF
Cecil Bruener rose buds.
The bridal couple were feted at a
reception Immediately following the
wedding Centerpiece at the brides
table, covered with an embroidered
white linen cloth, was a bowl of
white and pale pink tulips and snap
dragons, and white lighted candles.
The table service, including the
candleholders, were gold leaf.
The wedding cake, four tiers, was
topped with miniature bride and
sailor and tiny American flag. After
the brides initial cut, the cake was
cut by Mrs. M. E. Monagle.
Miss Nell McCloskey and Mrs.
Arthur Reindeau poured and Mrs.
Gertrude Naylor and Mrs. David
Turner alternated at the punch
bowl. They were assisted in serving
by Mrs. John Monagle, Mrs. Jack
Barragar, Mrs. Silas Cookie and
Miss Marilyn Jackson.
Mrs. Lillegraven was reared in
Juneau, where she attended school,
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M0NAGLE HOME
IS SETTING FOR
LOVELY WEDDING

Miss Rosellen Monagle, daughter
of Mrs. James Monagle, and Olav
Lillegraven, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Nicholai Lillegraven of Hardanger
Granvin, Norway, exchanged mar
riage VOWS last night at candle
light service in the brides home on
West Eighth Street.
The service was read at 8 O'Clock
by the Rev. william G.. LeVasseur,
of the Church of Nativity, in the
presence of relatives and few close
friends.
The wedding took place before an
improvised altar in front of the
fireplace. On the wall above hung
a large evergreen arch at the top
of which had been placed bow of
pale pink. A row of white lighted
tapers, a white madonna and white
containers filled with white tulips
and forthy BURBERRY blossoms were
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become.
The annual Moose memorial serv-
ices were held last Sunday in the
lodge rooms with the Women of the
Moose participating in the very i'm
pressive ceremony. The officers con-
Quoting were Governor Glenn E.
Allen, Senior Regent Mary Haas,
Secretary Walter r. Hermansen,
Recorder Breta Bland, Orator
Michael j. Haas, Prelate Oscar Heg-
stad, and Chaplain Elsie Sofoulis.
Mary Jukich Hoffman sang two
hymns, accompanied at the piano
by Lorene Krause.
The Legion of the Moose will
gather for their regular meeting on
Friday, April 81. A special initia-
ton will be held, with all officers
of the Moose in attendance. Re-
freshments will follow the session
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then for several years she was as
sistant to Commissioner Felix Gray
At present she is employed as Sec
rotary by the Alaska Communica-
tons System.
She is affiliated with the local
chapter of the Catholic Daughters
of America and is a charter mem
Der of the Emblem Club.
The benedict, who enlisted in the
United States Navy at the outbreak
of World War II, has lived in
Southeastern Alaska for number
of years. Prior to the war, he was
one of the owners of lumber mill
and contracting business in Wran-
CELL. Until recently he was attached
to the torpedo boat squadron in the
Aleutians.
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Moose Lodge Will
Sponsor Social on
Saturday Evening

The Moose Lodge House Commit
tee met last night in the Moose Club
headquarters in the Seward Build
ing for their regular weekly meetins
and it was decided that the Moose
will hold a big club social" on
Saturday, April %.
This affair will be the first in a
series of special. night to be spon-
sored by the organization. A large
attendance is anticipated Saturday
night and the better the attendance
the more interesting this series will
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LUMBER MAN HERE

Roy w. Ferguson, we'll known
lumber mill operator from Fair
banks, is an arrival here and has
registered at the Gastineau.
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IN FROM PELICAN .

In from Pelican, Mr.. and Mrs.
Donald Mines are guests at the
Gastineau.
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DESSERT CARD PARTY

Friday night in Parish Hall at
7:30. Bridge, whist and pinochle.
Awards. adv.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01
Russians Near
Budapest in
Heavy Assaults

MOSCOW, Nov. l. (UP)-
Three Russian mobile col
umns raced toward Budapest
Wednesday in a converging
drive from the south, east
and northeast, and front dis
patches said the fall of the
Hungarian capital was a
matter of days.
Nothing but hastily erected field
Notifications and partly demoralized
German and Hungarian units stood
between Marshal Rodion Y. Malin-
ovsky's mechanical army and Co.'S
sack divisions and the approaches
of Budapest.
VIOLENT FIGHTING
Violent fighting sWirled over the
Hungarian plain between the Dam
ube and Tisza rivers The Russian
vanguard smashed into Kecskemet,
rail junction 43 miles southeast of
the capital, while other units swept
beyond the embattled stronghold
to within 40 miles or less of Buda-
pest.
Reports from the East PruSsian
front sale the Red army had es-
tablished positions on the out
skirts of Insterburg. big rail hub
&c miles west of the frontier The
last previous Soviet reports had
placed the Russian vanguard in
Continued on Pg. 8, Col. o
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01
Naval District Commander
Will Tour Valley Points

Rear Admiral w. L. Friedell,
commander of the 18th naval dis
trict, will be in Imperial county
November to inspect two of the
installations under his command in
this area.
He will be accompanied by Rear
Admiral Elliott Buckmaster, USN,
San Diego, and Colonel William J.
Fox, commander of the Ell Toro ma
rine corps base near Santa Ana.
Lieutenant Commander David O.
Parker commander of the naval air
station at Holtville, and Lieutenant
Colonel Karl E. Voelter. commander
of the Ell CentrO marine air station,
will be in the official party.
PRIVATE LUNCHEON
The official party will arrive in
Ell Centro at IL 80 a. m. and will
attend a private luncheon at the
Barbara Worth hotel at noon. AT l
p. m. they will leave for the marine
station and after the inspection tour
there will leave for the Holtville sta
ion at 2:3U p. m. At p. m. they will
leave the station for the De ANA
hotel in CaleXico and atte nd din
ner there at p. m. as guests of the
CaleXico Chamber cf Commerce.
Admiral Friedell was graduated
from the naval academy as a pass ed
He served aboard the U.S.S. Ken
lucky during its round-the-W world
cruise, 1907-08. until he reached
Manila, where he was transferred to
the US.S. Helena.
Then an ensign, he saw duty with
the South China patrol, based at
Hongkong, China, for one year, fol-
lowing which the Helena was trans
ferred to Yangtze Valley patrol,
with headquarters at Shanghai.
WINS PROMOTION
In November, 1910, new lieuten-
ant, junior grade, he assumed COM
mand of the gunboat Villalobo also
on Yang'ze patrol, ana while Serv-
ing in this post he was promoted to
Transferred to tie US.S. New
Orleans as navigator in october,
1911, Lieutenant Friedell was about
to sail for the United States when
the Chinese revolution broke out,
forcing him to remain on the China
station until January, 1912.
1t was during this period that he
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01

No longer is freighting by
air of Imperial Valleys per
ishable products to eastern
markets confined to the eX-
perimental stage, but has be-
come reality, two American
Airlines, Inc, representa-
tives, William Sample Jr.,
traffic manager, San Diego,
and John S. Smith, cargo
traffic manager, western re-
zion, Los Angeles, made
known in El Centre Wednesday
The air officials who made the
trip to consider shipping valley
foodstuffs cross country by ar with
A. Y. Preble. county supervisor, and
others. explained that for the first
time in the history of commercial
aviation, air freight tariff has been
established. Since october Is Amer
ican Airlines nightly has carried
500 pounds of Gates to New York
from Phoenix, and 5000 pounds of
California spinach reached the
eastern sesboard in time to COM
pete with domestic spinach in that
region at premium prices on early
morning markets.
Smith said that although during
wartime air mail ballot mail, and
war material are granted priority
over freight of this type it has been
possible to launch successfully the
air freight program from such ports
as Phoenix, San Diego, Los Angeles
and Palm Springs. 1t was pointed
cut that by working in conjunction
with truck or rail service, El Centre
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-01
CAB Considers
Extensions
For Is AirI;nes

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. l. up
The Civil Aeronautics Board We'd
nesday opened hearings on applica-
tons of Is airlineS to expand west
coast air routes.
The initial morning session was
devoted to deciding routine matters
of procedure with first direct testi-
mony by an applicant expected some
time during the afternoon session.
The hearings were expected to last
two or three weeks.
Among proposals directly affect
ing Ell Centre and the Valley are
one entered by Western Airlines,
Inc. permission to stop on (preS-
emily certificated by inoperative)
circle route to and from Los An
geles via Ell Centro and San Diego
at Pomona, Ontario, Indio, Ocean
tide and Santa Ana
Another request by Los Angeles
Railways calls for a line between
Los Angeles and Yuma, presumably
with q stop at El Ccrtro, and a
third, Ryan School of Aeronautics,
San Diego, Los Angeles to Yuma, l6
pick-ups.
It is understood the Western Air
lines circle route Inauguration
waits only ALLEGATION of passenger
planes.