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Evening star., 1944-01-16

school. subject to certain excep.
tions.
New Cars-Those gainfully em-
ployed or doing voluntary war or
public welfare work are eligible
to obtain q rationing certificate
for the purchase Of cars with q
list price Of over 1880, or con-
vertibles, regardless Of price. The
applicant must show immediate
need for car to get to or do his
work and must show that his
present car, If any, is not adequate.
Under q new regulation, cars must
have been driven at least 10000
miles before they can be con-
sidered ineligible by local boards.
Eligibility for automobiles With
q list price Of less than $500,
except convertibles, is confined to
persons who can show the imme-
diate need for a car in any Of the
essential occupations (such as war
workers. physicians, ministers.
etc. who do not now have the use
OF an adequate car.
New 1942 model passenger cars
with . list price Of more than
$2,500 and 194l model cars driven
more than 1000 miles are available
without rationing certificates to
any one who has need for q car
In q gainful occupation, or who
needs. q car for volunteer work In
connection with the war effort or
the public welfare. Both dealer
and buyer are required to send
to the OPA inventory unit here
q statement certifying to eligibil-
ity OF the buyer and giving the
description of the car sold. Sales
men are no longer eligible to
purchase.
stoves-All new domestic cooking
and heating stoves designed to
burn coal, wood, oil or gas are
now rationed. Apply to your local
ration board for stove purchase
certificate.
rires-An classes of drivers may now
have tires recapped with grade q
camelback without obtaining Ger
tificates from their ration boards.
Certificates must be obtained
from the rationing board for the
purchase of any type of tire. Ger
tif1cates are issued only after pres
entation of applications on which
a tire inspector has certified the
need for requirements and If ap-
plicants are eligible.
Tire Inspection Deadlines-For mo-
torists with only A rations, the
next deadline will not be until
March 81. The next B inspec-
ton deadline is January 81.
inner Tubes-Used passenger car
and truck inner tubes have been
removed from rationing rest,ic-
tions. New inner tubes, however,
are still rationed
Rubber Boots and Rubber Work
Shoes-Regulations have been re-
laxed to make all persons who
need pelow-the-knee lightweight
AubOSA NSOtc chg lDlC 1Ol ldtlOll
certificates for their purchase.
These boots no longer are restrict
ed to persons in essential occupa-
tions.
Certificates must be obtained
from local boards for certain
types Of heavy rubber foot |
wear. Exempt from rationing are
mems rubber boots and rubber
work shoes smaller than size s,
lumbermens overs. mems arctics,
CATERS, work and dress rubbers;
women's and children's boots, rub
Der work shoes, arctics, CATERS,
rubbers, all khaki-colored boots,
all over-the-shoe boots, all light
weight ankle-fitting boots which
depend on stretch at the ankle for
fittings.
Training Classes-For price panel
assistants. Hours have been
changed to 3 and pm. Mondays
Still held at Force School, 1740
Massachusetts, avenue NV
Evening star., 1944-01-16
CoroIinu Crosh Kills
Two Murine Airmen
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NORFOLK, Va, Jan. 15.-Second
1t. Arnold e. Gilley, q. S. M. c. r.,
Ashland, Wis, and Sergt. John W.
Brooks, q. s. M. G. r., Chamberlin.
S. D., were killed Thursday night
when the Navy land plane piloted
by 1t. Gilley crashed, the Fifth
Naval District public relations once
reported today.
Evening star., 1944-01-16
Marriage License
Applications

g Under D. c. raw, couples must
apply for a marriage license on
one day. tUnit three full days and
receiue their license on the nth
day. Sundays and holidays are
counted the same as other days.
Evening star., 1944-01-16
Issued at Alexandria.


Wallace Mlacc e. Leeth 90. Arlington. and Jane
rdRla kHa r Fesh Res1soa e. s Ssv i.aston xgE6
:, Florence H; duiss 81: Aiexandria,
VeFrs Fnsnc.s smssk R;ad eusntiso and
Amslio Tsti s s$. and a HeaSlf berofhy Lee Adams.
Courtney W +. Brooks, esnu -, and Lois M. Cross
Richard aoEn sms 81 A1exsndss e. and Alice NJ Hardy
Rossrt na;s Egnoi: 4 g; snd Sernardine scontz.
Dorothy. NJ Bernson. 81, Washington. n'
and raanees asa tr1a Psiest sn aaines1iis MaiiS
BROKER T; Daniel, 80. and Katie B. p.ise.
william II T. EsmiItogn;, 45, WASHINGTON. and
snd csqons Gaff Hsmm as C.sp WI Washs
DAVID = Dawson. 81. Fairfax. and Lois T.
Walter wellinston Cook. %. Carrothers,
Ohio, and Florence Reta studer. IS,
Jack Abrams, "a. Miami, Fla. and vir.
sinia A. Linge. 21. Alexandria.
Issued at Rockville.
RoSsst Lttle3ohs 81 and p Edith Psi%er
9S. both OF Washington.
cheaux. 20. both Of washington.
Gainsn Gaasssassn e. Scsn Il %.ssInS.ten, S sn,'
Helen Jane Neal. 10. Washington.
Conway H. Carter. 81. Camp Pickett. Va,
and Frances H. Klock, %, Fredericks-
0eorge R. Prentice, "a. Bethesda. Nd, and
Mary 3. Cuba. 81. Tennessee, III.
@. Braxton, 10, Washington.
Evening star., 1944-01-16
Stone Heads Chamber

William Morrell Stone was unnan-
imously elected president of the
Arlington Chamber of Commerce
at the annual meeting Friday He
succeeds E. L. Usilton, who has been
president for the last two years
Evening star., 1944-01-16
Reminders on RationiinQ

Consumer complaints should be re-
ferred to the appropriate neigh
borhood War Price and Rationing
Board listed on page 67S Of the
telephone directory.
Brown Stamps, War Ration Book
No. 3-To be used for all meats, In
cluding canned meats, and for
butter, margarine, lard, cheese,
canned fish, fats and oils and
canned milk.
Stamps r, S, T and u valid
through January 20. Stamp u
valid beginning next Sunday
Validity expires February 26.
Green Stamps, War Ration Book r.
D, E and F stamps good for proc
essed foods through January 20.
Stamps G, H and J good through
February 20.
War Ration Book No. Persons
who did not register at the schools
may do SO at their local boards
II they bring with them the
War Ration Book 8 for every
member of thei families for whom
they are applying.
Sugar-Sugar stamp No. 80 in War
Ration Book No. good for 5
pounds of sugar until March 81.
Fuel Oil-Period No. 2 coupons re-
main good through February Z.
Value is 10 gallons per unit. Period
No. 3 fuel oil coupons valid now
through March 13. Good for 10
gallons per unit.
Gasoline-B, B-1, c and C-1 are
valued at two gallons each. These
coupons will expire on date indi-
Gated on individual books. b.
and CO coupons now being issued
are good for S gallons.
The earliest date of your sup
Elemental ration is shown on the
face Of your gasoline ration book.
If and when you need renewal
Of your ration and In order to
avoid delay, be sure to comply
with the following: /. Complete
and mail your application form
together with your tire inspection
record not earlier than Is days
before the earliest renewal date.
or, not later than Is days before
your ration is all used. 2. Record
your speedometer reading as of
the date you make application on
the bottom of application form.
Under no circumstances will ra-
ton be renewed prior to Is days
before the earliest renewal date of
your current ration book.
Transport or T coupons are is
sued at the Transport Board, 1740
Massachusetts, avenue NV, after
approval is obtained from the
local ONCE of Defense Transpor-
tation on the basis of certificates
OF war necessity.
Motorists receiving supple
mental rations should submit ap-
plication for renewal Is days prior
to earliest renewal date shown on
ration book. Any coupons not bear
ing car license number or State
of registration in ink or indelible
pencil on the face are invalid and
may be revoked.
Ghoes-Stamp No. 18 in Book No. /
is redeemable for one pair of shoes
indefinitely.
The airplane stamp No. l in
War Ration Book No. 3 is now
valid and no expiration date is
specified.
Special shoe stamp form R-1708
is valid for only 80 days after date
Of issue. In cases of refunds and
defective shoes, the 30-day limit
does not apply.
Bicycles - Persons gainfully en-
ployed or those who are doing
voluntary work in connection with
the war effort or the public well
fare, as well as pupils. may obtain
certificates for the purchase Of
bicycles If they need bicycles for
travel between home and work or
Evening star., 1944-01-16
Veterans to Fete Soldiers

The Regular Veterans Associa-
ton will entertain soldiers from
Fort Myer at 8 pm. tomorrow at
3150 Wilson boulevard, Arlington, it
was announced yesterday by Frank
Conner, chairman of the Arrange
mentS Committee.
Evening star., 1944-01-16
PTA Teu Slated

The Nellie Gusts School PTA will
give q tea at the school from $3.50 to
5 pm. tomorrow. AL parents are
urged to attend.
Evening star., 1944-01-16
Issued at Rockville.

joseph G. Maier. 81. Newport. R. l.. and
Ruth E: Curtis. ] 8. Takoma Park, Md.
John L. Hayes, %, Charleston, s. c.. and
Jean Barteska, 90, Jersey City
william A. Tourville. %. and Jeanne Ber.
David P. Hunt, 27. Landover. Md. and
Norma Nshring. 10. Ringgold. Ga.
sanHel Hea " Whise a Washington sl ane
Norman Chambers. q; Nashville. Tenn.
Vincent W. veno, 81. Fresno. Calf. and
Norma z; Laymon. u21, Washington.
Marjorie Phillips; 90 Morgantown. W. va
John w, Greene, 81. and jamie NJ Harri
son., 2S, both Of Washington
Russell seh-d.e Lee Gottwald. q, and Ruby Iren'
Henry odom. 22. Camp sibert, Ala, ant
Mary Louise Baker, 20. Alexandria
Carlo Finnocchiaro. 46, and Jessie Matthias
26: both Of Washington.
We've Ward, 81. washington.
% ion IS. Soth ss, oi Marshsii. ana 2fnsss ". osan
John has, g !. Coleman, 4. and Anna MAJ
Leroy Willmott Chambers, 35, Camp Polk
La, and Mary I. Wintburn, %, Arling
ton.
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sWar workers welcome.
For details call United Nations
Center, ational 5000.
Evening star., 1944-07-22

maintenance Of membership in the
plants in which the respective
unions were the certified bargaining
agents. But the present decision
apparently does not abrogate the
maintenance grants to the CIO
unions, with the result that while
the AFL is authorized to solicit
members in plants where the C1O
is bargaining agent, the CIO en-
ployes are faced with the loss of
their Jobs if they join the AFL.
This, on its face, is not only an
evasion by the board of its proper
function, but an invitation to in
dustrial chaos as well The board,
If it proposes to pursue this policy,
may soon find that it has lost all
semblance of control over inter-
union disputes.
Evening star., 1944-07-22
Inviting Chaos

1t will be interesting to await the
consequences of a recent War Labor
Board decision affecting the en-
ployes of the International Har-
vester Company.
The plants of this concern had
served as battle-ground for organ
tiers of both the American Fedora
ton of Labor and the Congress of
Industrial Organizations. In March
of 1912, however, both unions agreed
that for the duration Of their con-
tracts they would not raid each
others memberships or challenge
their respective Jurisdictions in the
various plants. But now the board
finds that the CIO union involved
the Farm Equipment Workers-has
'repudiated and violated" its agree
ment.
In these circumstances, one would
expect the board to take steps to
compel the CIO union to live up to
its agreement or to seek the imposi-
ticn Of sanctions for failure to do so.
But the board has done nothing of
the sort. Instead, it has notified
the AFL that because the CIO has
not lived up to its pledges to refrain
from raiding and jurisdictional
challenges, the board considers that
the AFL has been relieved of its own
similar obligations. In other words,
this wartime regulatory agency,
which is supposed to settle and pre-
vent disputes of this kind, in effect
tells the rival unions in this instance
to tight it out between themselves.
The picture is further complicated
by the fact that, relying on the
pledges given, the board had ordered
Evening star., 1944-07-22

CHICAGO, July 22.-The Democratic
platform prepared for the delegates in
the White House was brief for one of
the best reasons in the world. There was
little more to say. The record is there
and all the piety and wit in the world
cannot erase half line. The campaign
will be fought on that record and not
on the sterile question of what the two
platforms did or did not say. Platforms
are not long remembered in modern
campaigns, however, and the candidates
generally go far af1eld in making the
issues upon which thinking people make
their decisions.
One part Of the Democratic platform
will be noted and remembered, however,
by the Southern delegates, who have
come to realize how completely they
have lost their influence in party affairs.
The claims of Texans and others who
came here with certain basic demands
received small considerations. The plank
dealing with racial minorities comes out
squarely for the right of all to vote and
pledges action by Congress to protect
that right. 1t Is true that the word
constitutional is used, but considering
the more recent constitutional deci-
sioI.s of the Supreme Court, the South
ern supporters of the right OF States
to determine the suffrage can take small
comfort. Specifically the Southern claims
were disalowed
4
Moreover, the platform as we'll as the
Presidents speech Of acceptance shows
no recognition of increasing sentiment
to stop and even reverse the invasion
OF State powers by the Federal Govern
ment. Both platform and speech seem
TO assume that progress in human well
fare, in the regulation of business, and
In the protection of civil rights, must
Evening star., 1944-07-22
Wave

In the great drumbedt of the sea
The breaking Ddpe Is but a single note
Echoed totthin the Ddter mind.
Noto in the iDdlled and secret heart
Retteration pulses in its proven tide.
Within that measure OF Acknowledged
Laughter may stDeu the lipino throat
Or solten tears may rise to blind the eye
That looks upon the sea.
This chosen tCdpe iCill neper kno,D
The bright encouragement of noon:
WAl never hold the first faint star;
wa neper mirror the thin April moon.
No potDer can hold 1t back; no hope
delay
That final breaking at the dark Of
Green t0ave that. breaking, leaves upon
No sign. no legend and no prophecy.
SARA VAN AISTYNE ALLEN.
Evening star., 1944-07-22
Little Mans Courase
To the Editor OF The star.

40 inc GoltOr OF Inc Ster.
Are dictators sane people? Do sane
people ever want to be dictators? Die
tators are often called paranoiacs. If
paranoiacs are persons with God Al
mighty" completes, then the Axis boys
surely have proved the case for their
accusers by their robot throwing pro-
cess. Jove and his thunderbolts! Play
ing God!
Thunderbolts did not impair the an
cient civilization, and robots will not
impair the modern world.
Big things never have conquered
little" man yet. He doesn't scare
easy"
The mastodons of old are gone; the
idea Of Jove and his thunderbolts is
gone, but little" man is here and will
remain here until he is destroyed by
his own lack Of courage to live up to
the best that is in him. And I mean
It takes courage!
LAURA K. POLLOCK.
Evening star., 1944-07-22

ternal situation on the race question
similar to that which confronted
the Republicans with respect to
postwar security, ducked the issue.
Their plank read: I'VE believe that
racial and religious minorities have
the right to live, develop and vote
equally with all citizens and share
the rights that are guaranteed by
our Constitution. Congress should
exert its full constitutional powers
to protect those rights"
It requires no profound study to
read the meaning between the lines
of these respective efforts to straddle
basic issues. They are compromises,
combinations of words that mean
different things to different men.
It Is because OF the real or pre-
sumed necessity to do this that
platforms have come to mean so
little and the declarations of the
candidates so much In the shaping
of American political opinion.
Evening star., 1944-07-22

open country southeast of Caen. The
Germans appear to have been caught
completely of balance, as is seen by the
results obtained so far.
The British I'd Army has obtained a
semicircle of ground some 6 to miles
in radius, with Caen as its center, east.
southeast and south of Caen. To the
east, they hold the Troarn railway sta
ton and are in contact with the Ger
mans in the Bois de Bavent. Southeast,
they are at Frenouville on the Paris
railway. South, the Faubourg de
Vauceles is clear of the enemy, and the
British hold the right bank Of the Orne
for miles, as far as the village of st,
Martin de Fontenay.
This leaves the Germans still holding
a narrow neck of land on the west, or
LETT bank OF the Orne, running up to
the Odon just southwest of Caen, and
connecting with their little bridgehead
across the Odon at that point. The
British troops in the Odon bridgehead
around Baron have extended their
holdings and are now not more than
mile from the British east of the Orne
at st, Martin de Fontenay The Ger
mans In the narrow salient Just mem
toned are therefore in a precarious
position.
To sum up: The British I'd Army
has immensely eased its rather con-
stricted position around Caen. It has
gained much greater freedom of action.
1t has inflicted sharp defeat on the
Germans, and 1t has probably inflicted
severe losses in men and equipment
as well. 1t has maintained the initi-
ative-as indeed Gen. Montgomery has
contrived to do throughout the Nor
mandy operations. Possibly even greater
gains might have been made except
for the weather; during Wednesday
afternoon and all day Thursday tor
rental rains poured down on the bat
tlefield, not only limiting air support
but turning the plain southeast of
Caen into sea of mud and thus re-
stricting the movements of British
armor at the very moment when ar
mored troops had their greatest oppor-
tunity of the campaign. The Germans,
thus favored, appear to be recovering
their balance, to have drawn of the
remnants Of their armor in good order,
and to be settling down to an infantry
artillery slugging match. But the
British gains have been very definite,
and most promising for the future.
(Copyrisht, 1914. the Tribune Company
Evening star., 1944-07-22
The Party Platform

NOW tnat the Democrats have
adopted their 1914 platform, it can
readily be seen that neither party
has a monopoly on forthrightness or
equivocation, Each party was af-
f1icted by internal dissension on at
least one important issue and both
platforms reflect the efforts of the
party leaders to bridge these cleav-
ages with words that may mean a
great deal or nothing.
Thus, the Democratic stand on
postwar security is more explicit and
more fortnight than that of the
Republicans. The COP platform,
conforming to the division within
the party, took refuge behind a dec
laration in favor of responsible
participation by the United States in
postwar cooperative organization
among sovereign nations" and as
serted that such organization
should develop effective cooperative
means to direct peace forces to pre-
vent or repel military aggression"
The Democrats, however, bluntly
advocate that the United States
"ioin with other United Nations in
the establishment of an interna-
tional organization based on the
principle of sovereign equality of
all peace-loving states &" for the
prevention of aggression and the
maintenance of international Sc
curity and peace" Furthermore,
the Democrats declared, such or
ganization must be endowed with
power to employ armed forces when
necessary to prevent aggression and
preserve peace"
The party of President Roosevelt
had its troubles, and did its equivo-
eating, in drafting a plank on the
place of the Negro in American life.
Meeting three weeks earlier, the
Republicans had expressed their
unreserved condemnation of the in
lection into American life of appeals
to racial or religious prejudice, de-
clared their opposition to the poll
tax and pledged immediate submis-
sion of constitutional amendment
for its abolition, announced support
of legislation against lynching, and
promised the establishment by Fed
eral law of a permanent Fair EN-
ployment Practices Commission.
The Democrats, faced by an In
Evening star., 1944-07-22
We Go Back to Guam

Oul 4dIlO1IlS Oll 1udUl Is OOLIl All
achievement and a portent. Stra-
logically, possession of Guam am
plifies our taking Of Saipan and
insures our mastery OF the Marianas.
Guam is a relatively large island,
about four times the size of Saipan.
In conjunction with the latter, it
not only offers numerous landing
fields for B-29s but also assures
ample space for the quartering of
troops and equipment on a big scale.
Thus the Marianas will become at
once the base for massive air at
tacks on Japan and for possible
expeditionary forces launched at the
Philippines, Formosa. or even out
lying portions of the japanese
homeland itself. In this connection
it is interesting to note that the
landing on Guam conceded with the
first bombing by land-based planes
presumably from newly won
Saipan) of the Bonin Islands, less
than 700 miles from Tokyo. What
would be more logical than the
conquest of the Bonin and Volcano
groups as soon as our occupation
OF the Marianas had been perfected?
If the japanese Navy and Air Force
was not able to protect Saipan and
Guam, it might not be able to do
much better for the Bonins.
OF course, Guam is not yet ours.
However, its fall is practically GER
tain, and the price may not be as
heavy as that paid at Saipan, despite
it's larger size. Saipan had been in
japanese possession for nearly thirty
years and had been intensively
fortified as the strategic key to it's
inner system of Pacific defenses.
Guam, on the other hand, is Amer
ican territory, taken by overwhelm-
ing japanese forces only three days
after Pearl Harbor. It is unlikely
that the Japanese high command
has transformed Guam into
replica of Saipan in the two and
one-half years of occupancy, espe-
cially as, until recently, imminent
danger to the Marianas did not
enter into their calculations. How
ever, our own high command has
taken no chances. The seventeen
days of cumulative air and naval
bombardment which preceded our
troop landings should have been
sufficient to have notably "softened"
and disrupted Japanese defenses.
The chief asst of the Japanese gar
rison is the nature of the terrain.
which is much like that OF Saipan
IL it's broken, mountainous char
acter.
Over and above these strategic
factors are the political considera-
tions. With the exception of three
remote islands in the Aleutians off
Alaska, Guam is the first piece of
American territory to be recap
tured from Japan. The moral effect
of this reconquest should rever-
berate throughout the Far East,
especially in the Philippines, which
lie not so far away. The oppressed
Filipinos are doubtless today recall
ing General MacArthur's prophetic
words when he left Bataan for Aus
tralia: Il 60. But I shall return!"
Evening star., 1944-07-22
This Changing World.
By Constantine Byoscn

The Germans are In bad way as
once-vaunted air force are concerned.
The Luftwaffe has practically disap-
peared, except on rare occasions, and
the Na1 armies are being pressed In
Normandy, pushed back In italy and
forced into retreat In Russia. Berlin is
willing to grab at any straw and the
robot may well be good straw.
AS for the robot ever bombing troops
with any degree of success, there
appears to be little cause for alarm.
The machine could land among Ger
man troops as we'll as Allied troops,
and German emplacements are Just as
easy a target as Allied emplacements.
But Washington observers fear that If
accuracy is obtained the Germans will
be able to shatter troop embarkation
points across the channel.
Speculation here has centered around
the possible crippling Of Allied supply
lines to the Normandy beachhead.
Great quantities of food and equip
ment are required each day for the
many Allied divisions In France and a
delay Of even q few days in expediting
these quantities could pose q serious
problem.
There has never yet been q new
weapon offered in war by one side
that the other side has been unable
to master in the long run Experts
in Britain are working feverishly try
ing to find a robot antidote, something
that will prove more effective than anti
aircraft fire or fire from fighter planes.
Attacks on robot-launching pens doubt
less have helped some, but have not
stopped the flow. In the meantime. all
Britain can do is absorb the punish
ment and hope that the war will end
before the new German weapon is
further perfected,