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Evening star., 1944-04-02
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Music played by public school children
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Story Book FoIks-Dramsiilaions by ole
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News for Sehoos-For classroom listening,
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Evening star., 1944-04-02

Uncle Sam needs your waste
bacon grease. drippings, vegetable
shortening. Take them to your meat
dealer.
Evening star., 1944-05-28
Pacific
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troop-carrying destroyers and head
ed shoreward.
At 6 O'Clock, the naval barrage
was lifted and large force of four
engined Liberators flew in to carry
on the attack while the landing
boats still hung offshore. The
Liberators heavily bombed the land
ing beach and pulled off when the
troops were only short way from
the beach.
Destroyers Move In.
The first wave of troops hit the
beach Immediately afterward while
rocket-fring ships and destroyers
moved in to give close support to
the operation. Despite fire from
mortars and automatic weapons on
the beach, the troops pushed ahead
and all vehicles were landed from
Lots. The reefs made it difIicult to
get in close and it was necessary to
tug some vehicles through the
water.
: The duel between the warships
and land batteries came while the
troops were going ashore. For q
time the sfugging match was tough.
Minor damage and some casualties
were caused by the enemy fire.
{ BY 9:35, the Yanks had gained q
ridge overlooking Bosnik village.
They went ahead and captured 1t.
Then they expanded their perrin
eter to the east and west.
There was no indication that the
Japanese had been expecting land
ing at this point for there were no
prepared defenses encountered on
the beach itself.
No Air Opposition.
z There was no air. opposition dur
ing the landing,
The heaviest japanese opposition
was encountered on the right flank
where the enemy, protected by trees
was able to shoot down on the waves
Of infantrymen.
They failed to hold up the Yank
advance.
This 10th offensive action in the
last five months prompted this sum-
nation in Gen. MacArthur's COM
munique:
The final stage has also been
reached in the offensive initiated In
this theater on June 20, 1943, by
combined forces of the Southwest
Evening star., 1944-05-28
ny GEORGE TUCKER,


EIGHTH EVACUATION HosPI-
tai, 5th ARMY IN ITALY,
May 27.-Fifth Army combat engi-
neers pulled q fast one on their
pals of an advance 5th Army recon-
naissance group-and thereby par
ticipated in the historic handshak-
ing when junction with the Anzio
bcachhead forces was made two
days ago.
Pfc. Daniel p. Duffy, Charlestown,
Mass, laughed as he told how the
engineers had "city -slicked" the
reconnaissance group which for days
had been counting on being the
first to break through and greet
the advance beachhead units.
Recon couldn't get by until we
repaired the bridges" said Pfc. Duf-
fy, now, confined to the hospital with
Evening star., 1944-05-28
80 Planes Destroyed
By Maj. Goodson
BY the Associated Press.


LONDON, May 27.--Maj. James
A. Goodson. commander of q Psi
Mustang squadron, has destroyed Is
planes in the air and Is on the
ground-equaling the mark of 80
for this theater set by Capt. Don
Gentle of Piqua, Ohio.
Maj. Goodson's record was dis
closed today when he was among
five American airmen decorated by
1t. Gen. Carl A. Spaatz. command
er of United States Strategic Air
force, at air force headquarters
Maj. Goodson, who comes from
New York but who now gives To-
ronto, Canada, as his address, was
awarded the Distinguished Service
Cross for extraordinary heroism in
action from March 16 to March %
against enemy fighters which out
numbered him.
Twenty three of Capt. Gentile's
victories were scored in the air,
while Maj. Goodson leads the the
ater in ground kills.
Maj. Robert s. johnson of Law
ton, Okla, tops the theater in Ger
man planes destroyed in the air.
His score is 27.
Maj. Goodson is q veteran of the
old Eagle Squadron, which he Joined
after serving briefly with the United
States Merchant Marine.
Evening star., 1944-05-28
Prentiss Browns Car Buying
Plans Meet OPA Obstacles

Caspar J. Lingeman. a panel
member, said Mr.. Browns applica-
tion was turned down so the dis
trict OPA Office could rule on the
situation.
The question posed to the district
office was whether Mr.. Brown, whose
right as utility executive to pur-
chase q car is unquestioned, might
buy an automobile already at his
disposal in order to qualify for "a
gasoline for his personal driving In
Detroit.
"A" books are not issued for cars
operated in fleets. such as the Edi-
son Co. car driven by Mr.. Brown.
At his home in st. Ignace, Mich.
where he has a personal car, Mr.
Brown said, Il certainly don't want
to violate any OPA regulations and
I don't want anything am not
entitled to-"
Evening star., 1944-05-28
Georgia Orders Test
OF Rail Rate Structure
In U.S.. Supreme Court
BY the Associated Press.

6y the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, May 27.-Gov. EMS
Arnall, by executive order, tod4y
directed Attorney General T. Grady
Head to institute a suit before tie
United States Supreme ! Court IN
the name of the State of Georgia to
force equalization of freight rates.
'The Supreme Court of the
United States has stricken down
and uprooted Determinations wher-
ever they have been made. to ap-
pear" said the Governor order.
THE prevailing discriminatory
freight rate system impeding the
development of the South should
be ended and the trade barriers
erected against the South should be
abrogated."
Gov. Arnall charged the Inter-
state Commerce Commission had
condoned the practice of interstate
railcarriers prescribing and collect
ing charges for hauling commodi-
ties within 'ofileiaP and Southern
territories"
Preferential rates to other terri
tories, the governor declared, have
worked to the detriment of Georgia
by turning trade from its ports
to other ports with lower freight
rates. The governor asserted the
State-owned Western and Atlantic
Railroad from Atlanta to Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, has been 'irreparably
damaged because of the illegal, un-
constitutional and preferential rate
system which has lessened and will
continue to lessen the establishment
of industry" along It's route.
Evening star., 1944-05-28
u. 5. Raiders Attack
Two KuriIe Islands;
Ponape Hit Again
BY the Associated Press.

Es tHe ASsoclhted FreSS.
PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUAR-
TIERS, PEARL HARBOR, May 27.-
Hitting again along the north road
leading toward Tokyo, American
aiTmen attacked two islands in
Japans Kurile chain Thursday, a
Pacific feet headquarters announce
ment disclosed today.
A single 18th AAF Liberator
staged a pre-dawn raid on Matsuwa
Island, little more than 1000 miles
from Japan's capital and about 500
miles from the japanese mainland
The big bomber encountered no op-
position.
Before dawn the same day a Fleet
Air Wing 4 Ventura search plane
hit Shumushu Island, northern
most of the Kuriles. 1t was unop-
posed. Shumushu has been bombed
eight times this month.
The announcement gave no de-
tails.
In the Central Pacific, American
Army bombers again raided Ponape
Island, on the eastern fril>>s of
the Carolines. They unloaded ex-
plosives on docks, warehouses and
gun positions. Antiaircraft fire was
meager.
Army, Navy and Marine planes
teamed up to blast Japanese posi-
tions in the Marshails. They
bombed and strafed runways, bar
racks and antiaircraft batteries.
Japanese fire was moderate.
Another pilot rescue was chalked
up to the credit of American forces
during the Marshall attacks. The
pilot OF a Marine Corsair fighter
plane, forced to make a water land
ing near Wolfe atoll, was saved.
Evening star., 1944-05-28

the city manager would have "full
power" to hire or fire major de-
partment executives OF the District.
AS to those two. 1t Is provided In
a new section Of the bill, an order
OF the city manager for the re-
moval Of either one would operate
to suspend the official named, but
he thereupon would have the right
to appeal to a trial board composed
OF the council chairman, who would
be trial board head: the council
vice chairman and the city mana
ger, whose decision by vote of any
two Of its members would be final.
Here, again, the Federal interest
would predominate since two of
the three trial board members
would be Presidential appointees.
Other provisions Of the revised
bill are:
The salary of councilmen Is cut
back from first-proposed $4,000 .
year to 5000, and eliminated are
provisions for clerical assistance for
each councilman.
The city manager would be an.
pointed for an indeterminate term.
and would be subject to removal by
vote OF q majority of the nine
councilmen. Councilmen would be
elected or appointed for four-year
terms.
The council Is empowered to make
provisions for changing ward boun-
daries or for increasing the NUM-
Der OF wards, within one year fol-
lowing any decennial census, but
any change so made would have to
be effective at least six months be.
for a subsequent election.
Creation of an Election Commits
sion, consisting OF the District as
SCISSOR, the corporation counsel of
the District and the director Of the
United States Census Bureau, which
would handle arrangements for reg.
istration Of voters and the elections.
as well as the referendum on the
home rule" plan.
Use OF party designations or EN-
Dlems OF any nature on any ballot
In any councilmanic election would
be banned.
Evening star., 1944-05-28
Civilians May Kill
Downed Allied Flyers,
GoebbeIs Declares
By the Associated Press,

BY tne Associated RTeSs.
STOCKHOLM. May 27.-German
Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph
Goebbels, writing in the Nazi news
paper Volkischer Beobacher, de-
clared today that Allied airmen
hailing out over Germany no longer
would have Nazi police and mill
tary protection against German
civilians.
Aftonbladet's Berlin correspon-
dent wrote that Goebbels' article
could be interpreted as meaning
that American airmen who save
themselves by parachute can con-
slider themselves at the mercy of
the people who find them, under
the old rule, Eye for eye and tooth
for TOOTH"
1T doesn't seem possible for us
any more to interpose German po-
lice and the military against the
German people when they are
treating child killers as they de-
serve" Goebbels' article said.
These Anglo American war
methods must be stopped. Airmen
cannot contend they are acting as
soldiers under orders. There is no
law of war which says that soldier
engaging in crimes of this nature
is entitled to freedom from pun
ishment, particularly when their or
ders are opposed to all human NOR
ais and laws of war.
Allied Attacks Assailed.
"The enemy has confused the
limits of war and crime and 1t is too
much for him to ask us to consent
to this bottomless barbarism. Our
people who have defended them
selves bravely do not deserve to be
the target of enemy hunting"
The Goebbels article referred to
recent widespread fighter sweeps
deep in Germany which. he asserted,
were not aimed at military objectives
but rather at civilians working in
fields and women and children riding
on trains.
The article did not say whether
German civilians had attempted to
attack British or American airmen
forced down in the Reich.
(The German radio, which to at
tract Allied listeners, has been carry
ing reports on individual British or
American airmen who are captured,
announced last night it was discon-
tinuing, this feature. No explanation
was given)
Radio Quotes Article.
Later the German radio quoting
from Goebbels' article in the Vol
kischer Beobachter entitled James
Doolittle's Criminals" said:
when American carrier borne
aircraft attacked Tokyo and other
Japanese towns, numbering the
population in the streets, Roosevelt
made the organizer OF this cow
ardly deed, James Doolittle, a gen.
eral.
He cit. Gen. James H. Doolittle,
commander of the United States
9th Air Foree) now is stationed in
the European war theater and de-
spite the manifold possibilities for
using real military methods has not
learned to detest the unsoldierly
methods Of the Tokyo murder at
tack.
He forgets that the rungs of this
ladder may end at the gallows."
Evening star., 1944-05-28
- - -
Boys Club 10 Present
Youth on Parade FRIDAY

Youth on Parade featuring q
cast Of approximately $50 boys and
girls, win be presented under aus
pices OF the Boys Club of WASH
ington at 8 pm. Friday at Eastern
High School. Participating will be
members Of the clubs music school,
dancing school and dramatic and
glee clubs.
Over 1000 tickets, which are free
OF charge, have been distributed
among club members and their par
ents.
Charles REYNOLDS, director Of the
Eastern Branch Club, will be mas
ter Of ceremonies. The Junior OPP
timist Band will be among groups
contributing to the program.
Evening star., 1944-05-28
Reconnaissance Outsmurted
By Pals at Junction in ItuIy

pneumonia, an illness he had dis
regarded to be In on the big show.
we would arrive at a bridge just
after 1t had been blown up by the
Germans. That's how close we vers
behind them. When we got to the
last culvert scores of Italians
swarmed around cheering and help
ing us I'LL the road. Since there
wasn't anything for our platoon 10
do we hurried up the road and
made contact with the beach forces.
Twenty minutes later the recon.
naissance group roared up.
I've never seen madder outfit
than when they found we'd alreadv
done the handshaking and had our
pictures taken" Pfc. Duffy said.
adding that the captain was "as
mad as a wet hen"
This is the lousiest trick I ever
heard off," the engineer quoted the
captain as saying.
Evening star., 1944-05-28
Woodside School PTA
To Present Dance RecitoI

The Woodside School Parent
Teacher Association, Silver Spring
will present a dance recital entitled.
Festival of Days" at 8:15 pm,
June 9, in the school auditorium.
The recital, which will consist of
dance numbers by pupils of Mary
Ducey Walsh, will mark the first
public appearance of the group since
its organization last fall among
pupils of the school under the spon-
sorship of the Parent Teacher As
sociation. Proceeds will be given to
the associations fund.
Evening star., 1944-05-28
Home Rule
Continued From First Pase.)

yesterdays draft, session and APP
proving the favorable report were
Senator Burton and Senator Walsh,
Democrat, Of New Jersey, in addi-
ton to Senator McCarran. Mem
bers of the subcommittee, but not
attending, are Senator Tydings,
Democrat, Of Maryland, and Sen
ator Bushfield, Republican. OF South
Dakota.
No person would be eligible for
election or appointment as q coun-
Gilman unless at least IS years old
and, at the time Of election or ap-
pointment, must have been q bona
fide resident of the District for three
years and, in the case of elected
councilmen, q bona fide resident
for at least one year in the ward
from which he Is elected.
Left out of the bill was a pro-
vision suggested by some citizen
witnesses before the McCarran Sub
committee during the extensive
public hearings that a hteracy test
for voters be included.
Stricken from the original bill
was q lengthy provision for action
by the chairmen Of the Senate and
House District Committees, or by
the Houses Of Congress, on ordi.
nances or other actions by the city
council before they could become ef-
fective. Substitute for this long
section, whose provisions were
termed cumbersome" and "time.
consuming by numerous witnesses
was q shorter and much simpler
provision that council action shall
become effective upon promulga-
ton subject to disapproval by con-
current resolution of both houses OF
Congress within so days after Its
tion subject to disapproval by con.
current resolution does not require
signature by the President.
Would Provide Powers.
All powers, functions and dutie.
|of legislative nature now residin,
with the Board Of Commissioner,
would be vested in the proposed
council, but all other powers, mean.
ing the administrative or executive
functions, would be conferred on {
city manager, to be named by tn.
council. This executive could b.
paid up to maximum of $40 00t
year.
With the exception Of the chief
OF the Police and Fire Departments
Evening star., 1944-05-28
Price Boost Denied,
Dairy Stops Deliveries
By the Associated Press.


POCOMOKE CITY, MD, May ~.
A Pocomoke City dairy notified its
customers today that, due to refusal
of'the Office of Price Administration
to grant a price increase In the
Worcester County area, 1t would
cease its daily delivery of approxi-
mately 500 quarts.
Oficials Of the Stevens Dairy Co.
said that for seven months the OPA
had promised an increase over the
current IA cents per quart ceiling,
which would put us in line with
the other towns"
Although declaring that the OPA
was sympathetic" Maryland OPA
officials said a price increase was
not warranted.
Evening star., 1944-05-28
lnvusion
Continued From First Page

war analyst for Transocean, Naz
propaganda agency, announced that
final dispositions for decisive bat
ties which must come this sum-
mer" had been made, and added
that this decision can only fall
In the west" He said that from
now on, withdrawal OF operative
reserves from the west is entirely
out Of the question"
Italian Withdrawals Foreseen.
THE struggle south of Rome
must be fought with our own local
reserves" the commentator said.
The German command is prepared
to surrender territory in Italy
rather than weaken the western
front for even single moment"
The agency also announced con-
clusion Of preparations ito give
quick, reliable, elaborate reports on
the invasion"
Preparations of the German de-
Tense were extending increasingly to
the homeland as well as to the oc-
cupied buffer front, as the German
press announced new restrictions
making the northern Frisian Is
lands-screen of the German north
west coast--a closed area with all
civilians barred or under strict con-
troll.
Nazi acknowledgment that Ger
many itself may be the site of an
invasion landing was made in local
Reich press notices decreeing the
coastal province around Bremen as
invasion danger area"
Another such announcement-no
broadcast and not published in the
national press but inserted In local
newspapers for attention of party
members-charged the Nazi party
to prepare for evacuation of non
combatants from any sector liable
to become a battlefield"
Evening star., 1944-05-28
BY The Associated Press

6y the Associated FfeSs.
DETROIT, May 27.-Office of
Price Administration technicalities
today entangled Prentiss M. Brown,
former OPA administrator.
Mr.. Brown, former Democratic
Senator from Michigan when he
became big boss of OPA, now is
chairman of the board of the De-
troit Edison Co.
He applied for a certificate to
purchase q 1912 model used auto
mobile-a car the Edison company
already is supplying him for use
on company business.
The automobile panel of ration
board 82-1, serving downtown De-
troit, rejected the application, point
ing out Mr.. Browns only showing
OF need for q car is as Edison board
chairman, and the car already is
available to him for such purposes.
Evening star., 1944-05-28
Gen. Grow Is Among 5
Decorated bySpootz

BY the Associated Press.s
LONDON, May 27.-Five Amer
lean airme1fywere decorated by 1t.
Gen. Carl "A. Spaatz, commander
of the Strategic Air Force, today at
his headquarters.
Among them was Brig. Gen.
Malcolm 6. Graw, surgeon for the
Aid Service Command of the Stra-
tegic Air. Force, whose wife lives at
r. F. D. No. 2, Annapolis, Md. He
received the Distinguished Service
Medal for his work as surgeon with
the 9th Air Force from May 10, 1912,
to January 6, 1914.
Evening star., 1944-05-28

Pacific areas. 1t has resulted in the
reconquest or naturalization of the
Solomons, Bismarcks, Admiralties
and New Guinea.
From the forward point reached
by the Japanese, we have advanced
our front approximately 1900 statute
miles westward and approximately
700 miles to the north
The, cornmunique pointed out
these successes have accomplished
a strategic penetration of the con-
quered empire Japan was attempt
ing to consolidate.
A headquarters spokesman said
that curing the campaign the 8th
17th and 18th Japanese armies
totaling 250000 men, have been de-
stroyed or neutralized.
The Jajanese have lost 272 ships
2,317 barges, 5,245 planes and 1855
prisoners have been taken. Eight
hundred and thirty-six Allied pris-
oners have been freed.
The spokesman said the campaign
has brought the reconquest Of 344,-
780 square miles.
Asahel Bush, Associated Press war
correspondent who watched the in
vasion from a Boston attack plane
said the Japanese Air Force made o
belated counter on the Allied war
ships, reported 4 of IA japanese
bombers attempting to attack
were downed by antiaircraft. Pre-
sumably this fire was from the
ships.
The weather, which has favored
Gen. Macarthur for most of his
landings, was ON his side again. The
sky was almost cloudless and the
American bombers had excellent
visibility as they came in and un-
loaded their deadly cargoes in sup
port of the ground forces.
Step Toward Philippines.
The Biak landing marked an
other step in the lightning advance
toward the Philippines to which
Gen. Macarthur long has avowec
return.
In a little more than a month
his forces have used a hop-skip-
and-jump procedure to advancs
more than 300 miles up the New
Guinea coast.
The April "a invasion at Hollands
and the accompanying operation al
Aitape put the Allies in one stroke
about 500 miles ahead of their slow
moving ground forces below Ma
dang, British New Guinea.
Gen. Macarthur added another
110 miles May l7-18 with the inva-
sion of the Toem area of the Dutch
New Guinea mainland and the
Wakde islands nearby.
The Wakde airbase was seized al
the end of the second days fighting
and Gen. MacArthur's forces then
concentrated on the expansion OF
the mainland beachhead.
His ground forces pushed on from
Toem along the Maffin Bay shore
line toward the partialiy-co completed
Maffin airdrome which they reached
Wednesday.
There the American advance was
held up by tough Japanese resist
ance. There was no report of pro-
gress at Maffln yesterday and to-
days communique told of continued
sharp fighting for the field. At least
225 Japanese dead had been counted
on this battle-ground and a great
quantity of enemy equipment cap
tured. The Biak invasion was car
ried out while the Maffin situation
remained unamplified.
Biak is the larger of two islands
in the Schouten group. It's three
airfields will place Gen. MacArthur's
flyers within 900 miles of the Japa-
nese naval and air base of Palau
Westernmost of the Carolines on the
eastern approaches to the Philip
pines and 600 miles of Halmaherah
key Japanese base between New
Guinea and the Philippines.
Evening star., 1944-05-28
Delegates Pick Mccormack

BOSTON, May ~ R.-Repre-
sentative Mccormack, majority
House leader, today was named
chairman of the Massachusetts,
delegation to the Democratic Ma
tional Convention.
Evening star., 1944-05-28


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Evening star., 1944-05-28

MACARTHUR MOVES WEST-American troops (arrow) have
invaded Biak Island vault Of 200 miles Philippines
from Wakde Island captured last hailed
the action virtual conclusion Allied campaign on Dutch
New Guinea. (Story Page AID A p Wirephoto