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Evening star., 1944-08-15
Warriors S Return

The official disclosure that the
hard-driving American Third Army
is under the command of Lieutenant
General George s. Patton does not
come as any great surprise. There
were reports from German sources
several days ago that General Patton
was leading the Third Army, but
even prior to this the manner Of
that army's operation-the smash
Ing offensive which overran Brittany
and rolled up the left flank OF the
German Seventh Army-was suffi-
GENTLY reminiscent of the Sicilian
campaign to suggest to many that
General Patton was back in the
fight. And that is where he belongs.
General Patton has a positive
genius for getting into hot water
when he is not fighting battles. The
Soldier slapping" incident occurred
during a lull in the Sicilian cam
paign. while the general was on an
inspection tour of field hospitals.
Then, without waiting for the in
dlgnation growing out of that affair
to subside, he made silly speech
In London asserting that it was the
destiny of the United States, Britain
and Russia to rule the world, and
dlscoursing at some length on the
number Of Germans and Italians he
had welcomed into hell" and his
impatience to see an end to the war
IN Europe so that he would have
chance to go and kill the Japanese.
The reaction to this speech, COM
bined with the slapping incident,
put the general in the military dog
house. Most men would have stayed
there for the duration, but not Cen
eral Patton.
On August /, when the battle of
the Normandy hedgerows was about
over, General Eisenhower decided
that the time had come to give the
green light to American armor. The
need was not for a conventional
campaign, but for A wild, free
swinging slugging match in which
great risks had to be taken to
achieve great ends. So the signal
was given, and the Third Army, with
General Patton in command, roared
out to hit the Germans.
The results are history. The
enemys Seventh Army has been
ripped to pieces Some Third Army
units have advanced as much as 500
miles in two weeks, and are still
going. The Americans, in their first
big test of its kind, have shown that
they picked up where the Germans
left off in perfecting the art of
blitzkrieg.
For General Patton, the fighting
commander, this is a personal as
we'll as national triumph. He has
redeemed himself in the role in
which he belongs. The American
people will welcome this return OF
the warrior, and, in doing So they
might also pause moment to pay
tribute to General Eisenhower. For
1t was he who held onto the trouble
some General Patton, saving him
for the battles to come, when i'm
Mortar Mt elements in this co,1ptry
were demanding his scalp.
Evening star., 1944-08-15
This and That
By Charles E. Trace,peH.


Autumn is nearer than you think.
We know, because a little bird told
us so.
1t was a Carolina wren, whose cheery
Whlrllng song the other morning at 6
oclock-really S o'clock, by honest time
told that fall is on the way.
He sang for the first time in our yard
few days after the big rain, and al
though 1t was hot morning, with tenn
peratures promised in "the low 9Os,"
autumn was on its way.
The Carolina wren, which is larger
than the common house wren. is a sure
sign of the end of one season and the
imminent return of another.
Autumn is threatening to occur i'm.
mediately, then.
1t Is impending
There are other stray signs. such as
a different tone to foliage. but the re-
turn OF the Carolina wren Is the main
one
He will stay here, in many cases, all
winter
He Is large and rusty brown, with
under parts buff white.
The bill Is shorter than the head and
are short and rounded, the feathers
rounded at the tip.
Tea kettle, tea kettle is the way
some friends OF birds have tried to de.
scribe what the song means to them
what 1t means to the bird Is happi-
ness, a huge joy in living which ought
to tell striving, fighting mortals some.
n
The two words, however, when repeat
ed rapidly. do give something of the
Whlrling character of the birds song.
which is unique In Its pin wheel move
ment.
Once heard linked up with the right
songster, 1t Is never forgotten, and is
welcomed each year about this time
and is always a genuine prelude to
autumn.
When you hear the Carolina wren
you can be pretty sure that fail is not
lar on. no matter how hot 1t is, or what
the calendar says.
The song is heard from now on all
through the remainder of summer. in
the tall, and in the winter.
Sometimes the bird will seek shelter
1t now and then comes to bird feed
ing stations and no doubt would be
attracted to them more II some sort
OF worms, such as meal worms, could be
provided.
Meal worms may be grown in old
meal, or purchased at pet stores. Prob
ably crushed Japanese beetles would
appeal to 1t.
Some persons like to call this bird the
mocking wren, because it is good at
initiating some Of the other sonesters
notably the cardinals whistle and that
OF the tufted titmouse.
Inc nest is large. usually placed In
brush heaps. or in holes in logs.
In recent years the Carolina wren
has taken to putting its nest in barns
One story is that a Massachusetts
1armer hung a grape basket under the
rldgepole OF his barn. It was no ordi-
nary basket, however, for it held sev.
erai sticks OF dynamite. The farmer
hung 1t there to get 1t out of general
circulation.
Having use for the explosive later. he
went to the barn and mounted q ladder
to the basket, in which he found a
Carolina wren nesting on several ee.s
He removed the dynamite, but the
bird would not come back to her eggs.
This fine wren eats the cotton boil
weevil, and We believe 1t will also con-
sumo the Japanese beetle, and should
prove . valuable ally in the fisht against
this invader.
Evening star., 1944-08-15
Letters to The Star
Urses Fair Labor Standards
for World Prosperity
To the Hditor Of The star:

To the Hditor Of The star:
Joseph H. Baird, In hts article BAL
ancing Lend-Leass Dihacult" In The
Star for August -, gives two alterna-
tive ways Of receiving payment for lend
lease advanced to Great Britain and
the other Allies. both Of which he re-
jects % impracticable. He then implies
that much Of the lend-lease balance in
our favor may be considered as bal
anced OF by the war effort OF our
Allies. But even II this be done, We
still are confronted with the problem
of postwar financing Of our export
trade to peoples whose exports to us
may not be acceptable and who cannot
pay In cash.
At Breton Woods . plan was de-
vised for An international exchange
fund and world bank, both Of which
were designed to take up the imme-
diate shock Of this postwar financing
problem. Both, however, are bound to
fall II we continue to export high living
standard American goods In exchange
for low-living-standard foreign goods
and services.
The answer is to raise the living
standards OF those primary producers
In the world who, in the past, have
been exploited to maintain . high-liv-
ing standard In such countries as Brit
ain, Holland and even Nan Germany.
which before the war exploited them with
the "phony" marks given. in payment
for their raw materials, redeemable only
in German goods. Britain did the same
thing in India by taking her goods and
keeping . sterling balance to her ac-
count In London, which the people of
India never have been able to collect
in goods or services.
BY raising the standards OF living of
about half the people Of the world to the
level Of the other half, through the
application OF fair labor standards, we
eliminate "pauper labor" (the last ar
gument for high protection In this
country and open the way for the wide
exchange OF commodities that dement's
both sides.
Let's not fall into the error OF the
1905 again and delude ourselves that by
lending our money to our foreign GUS
toners 20 that they can buy from US,
that We are building up . permanent
and stable world prosperity. 1t is bound
to collapse, whether the loans be made
by international bankers cat = fat un-
derwriting fee) or by means Of an in
ternational exchange fund or world
bank (at the expense of the taxpayers). :.
Vice President Wallace had the only
answer. but his discretion was not the
better part of his valor. President
Roosevelt in his Bremerton speech IA
vors returning all Of Japan's spoils (even
French Indo- China to the French who
stole 1t from China in 1859 to their
former owners. Why not 60 Z step far
ther and build . brave. new economic
world on the basis Of economic equality
for every worker in the world? This is
the only answer. REALIsT.
Evening star., 1944-08-15
The Tide in France

Caught in a pocket running 80 miles
deep along the Normandy front,
with British, Canadian and Ameri-
can forces steadily narrowing the
avenue Of escape and with our air
power constantly blasting away at
all road traffic. some IL under
strength divisions of Field Marshal
Won Kluge's retreating armies are
faced with the prospect Of entrap-
ment and annihilation. This means
that there is real possibility that
before the week Is out Hitler will
have lost another 1000 men or will
at least have seen them so routed
and cut up that they will be of
negligible value to him in warding
of the threat of new and even
greater Allied victories in the west.
In his special order of the day
General Eisenhower makes it dra-
matically clear that the battle has
thus reached - moment of unusual
significance" But it Is a moment
when we must hold our breaths.
For the Germans have in the past
often extricated themselves from
seemingly unbreakable traps, and
though the opportunity of inflicting
a disaster on them in this instance
is quite definite, as General Eisen-
hover says, it is nonetheless fleet
ing" and will not be fully realized
unless every Allied soldier, sailor
and airman pursues it with the
utmost zeal. Given that, however,
given the most energetic exploita-
ton Of the current situation, then
the victory we can now achieve is
infinitely greater than any other it
has so far been possible to accom-
plish in the west"-so much so that
I'VE can make this week a momen-
tous one in the history OF this war"
General Eisenhowers message is
aimed at Fastening the destruction
of Won Kluge's forces. A good part
OF these may yet succeed in fleeing
toward Paris and the Seine through
the Falaise-Argentan Corridor, but
still they will be subject to remorse-
less attack by Allied planes, weather
permitting. What this means can
be judged by the fact that within a
two-day period-last Saturday and
Sunday - our American fighters
alone, wholly apart from the British,
destroyed or damaged more than
5000 railway cars, 594 locomotives
and over 1000 trucks and barges in
the immediate and rear areas of the
present battle. Accordingly, even
though large numbers Of them may
manage to escape complete entrap-
ment, the retreating Nazis will suffer
continuous punishment from the
air, more than repaying them for
the brutality shown by the Luftwaffe
at the time OF Dunkirk four years
ago.
II all goes we'll, in short. if this
week proves as momentous as Cen
eral Eisenhower hopes, Hitler will
face the dismal fact OF having lost
close to 80 divisions-between $50 900
and 100000 men-in France since
June 6, a blow so severe that Paris
itself may soon be wrested from his
hands and perhaps even that part
Of the country which he now uses as
launching area for his flying
bombs. Americans can take special
pride in this; it is not for nothing
that Russian military comment uses
the words "masterful" and "supe-
rior" in describing what has been
accomplished by the hard hitting
armored forces, spearhead of the
Allied victory tide now surging in
the west.
Evening star., 1944-08-15

Hitler has decreed death for use
Of the standard military salute in
place Of the palms-out He'll Hitler
varieY, Thousands of German SOL
diers are learning. however, that the
safest gesture of all is that of raising
both hands overhead with a white
fiaP.
Evening star., 1944-08-15

Warsaw and Paris, enemy-held
capitals Of occupied countries, may
soon fall. but not without hard work.
1t requires plenty Of labor to over
throw a capital.
Evening star., 1944-08-15

A thief who swallowed a diamond
to escape discovery was forced to
undergo an operation to recover the
stone. So much for the theory that
a diet Of karats is healthy.
Evening star., 1944-08-15
Differs With Mr.. Mellett

NlSllCV
To the Bditor Of The Star:
In celebrating upon the recent re-
mark of Gov. Wills OF Vermont that
we have to bring the Government
back to the village pump" Lowell Mel
lett appears to have been unjust to
both the Governor and his readers.
After Interpreting the remark As
meaning only that in the Governors 8
opinion "the Government had got too
far away from the people" Mr. Mellett
proceeds to call such . position an alb
surdity. In the next breath. he states
that the proposal to bring the Govern
ment back to the village pump sums
up the attitude of those who cannot
understand the changed world we live in.
Now, clearly, Mr.. Mellett implies that
government has gotten away from the
people and to return 1t to them is abb
surd. Moreover. by selling upon the
words village pump" which he earlier
recognized as . synonym for people. ="
the columnist seeks to stigmatize the
Vermonter rs another advocate Of
"horse-and-buggy days"
Surely no sensible person will deny
that this is = changed world, but even
Mr.. Mellett will have to admit that it
has ever been 50 and our form of Gov
eminent has proved sufhciently flexible
to meet the changes Of time and to
assure the expansion of our wealth, So
cial horizons and world power This
we accomplished under individual free
dom and in due regard to the value Of
our State functions.
No one suggests that government
should turn entirely to methods orig
mating around the village pump, but
every American heedful of the future
Of his country should view with mis-
givings such an open admission that
government has gotten away from the
people.
ARTHUR FULLER SOUTHER.
Evening star., 1944-08-15
Objects to Taxing Thrift

Objects to Taxing Thrift
To the Editor OF The Star:
am opposed to the George bill to
pay unemployment benefits to war;
workers out Of jobs.
These warworkers have had the best
pay in history with a lot Of time-and-
a-hah overtime pay added. Prices have
been fairly we'll stabilized and the cost
OF living kept within bounds The ad.
ministration has importuned the war
workers to save money, buy bonds and
hold them, and they should have done it.
If any have not saved for . rainy day,
why should those who have saved be
taxed to provide for those guilty Of lack
Of thrift? Payments by the Government
come from taxes and taxes are collected
only from people who have saved money
to pay them.
Will not the votes bought with unem-
ployment benefits be Offset by votes from
those taxed to get the money"
PHI.
Thinks London More Important
To the Editor Of The Star:
It seems strange that no voice has
been raised against the attempted de-
struction Of London by Nazi robot
bombs.
A great outcry arose about the fate
Of Rome, tears have been shed over the
possible fate of Paris, there has even
been 4 wall about the Leaning Tower
OF Pisa although the Germans were
using it as an observation post against
our troops. but nothing about London.
To me London Is the seat Of our
present civilisation-Paris and Rome
are empty shrines.
VIRGINIA WALKER.
Rips Dos's Name Corrected
To the Editor Of The Star:
think Haskin's Service IL mistaken
about the name Of Rip Van Winkles
dog. According to my recollection and
that Of . good friend Of mine, 1t always
was sneider in Joseph Jeffersons play.
". J. MOORE.
Evening star., 1944-08-15
Foshion Show Recruitino
Bv David laurence
Prom the New York Pos.

Reproduction RiRhts RessryedS
Evening star., 1944-01-14
GEORGE c. GERTMAN, Attorney,
s30 10Th st. NV.

DIsTRIcT COURT OF THE UNITED
HoIding E6a a Probate court.;-In re: Estate OF
JOHN HANDY. Deceased .-Admiinistr ton
herein for probate of the last will and
testament of said deceased. and for letters
testamentary ,ssnaI na on said estate by The Ma
D. C., it is ordered this 10th day OF Jan
uary, AD 1874, that Vincent A. Handy
Handy, Airline Handy Jackson. Annie
Parker, Harry Hicks. Blanche Gisee, Ger
trLde Hardy. Wallace Key, Edgar Key,
and Helen Key Ben. and all Others con
cerned. appear in said Court on Monday.
the Slst DAY Of February, 1914; at ten
application should not be granted Let
notice hereof be published in the wash
ington Law Reporter and in The Evening
Star: ONCE in each Of three successive
weeks before the return day herein men
toned, the first publication to be not less
than thirty days before said return ray.
EICHER. Chief justice Of said Court; this
18th day of January, AID. 1874. tSeall
Attest. VICTOR S. MERSCH, REGISTER Of
Wills for the District of Columbia, Clerk
of the Probate Court Jali.o1.nS
Evening star., 1944-01-14
SAMUEL BARKER, Attorney,
National Press Bldg.
Filed Jan. IL, 1944--Charles E. Stewart
Clerk

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
United States for the District Of Co
PAuh kPDSal2a Ur eRanse Ct of P5R aame
Civil Action No. 22702.-PETER PAUL
SOBOLEWSKI, having filed complaint
Peter Paul Sobo and having applied to the
Court for an order Of publication of the
notice required by law in such cases, it is
by the Court, this 18th day Of January
1944,. ORDERED that ali persons con
cerned show cause, If any there be, on OF
before the 5th day of February, 1914
why the prayers of said complaint should
not be granted: Provided, That copy Of
this order be published once week fol
three consecutive weeks. before said day
Law Reporter. {S) T. ALAN COLDS
BOROUGH. Justice. Seal A true copy
Test: CHARLES e. STEWART, Clerk. BY
EMMA G. SIMPSON, Deputy Clerk.
ja14,21,2S
Evening star., 1944-01-14
OFFICIAL NOTICE.

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
District of Columbia.-Whereas on the
eth day Of January. 1914, the United
Of the United States for the District OF
Columbia, in District Court Case No a905
against II bags, more or less, of peanuts
and 81 bags, more or less, of peanuts
labeled in part mo. Spanish" and
whereas by virtue of process in due form
taken into my possession, to wit: 6 bags
Of peanuts labeled in part Spanish
Shelled Peanuts" and 81 bags Of peanuts
give notice. to all persons claiming the
said described above, or knowing or
should not be condemned and forfeited
that they appear and assert said claim
IN the cause on or before the date return-
able, January 21, 1914, in the u S. Dis
trict Court, City of WASHINGTON, D. c., at
JOHN B. coLPoYs, U. S. Marshal,
Evening star., 1944-01-14
LEGAL NOTICES.
WHARTON E. LESTER, Attorney,
Southern Building (5).

DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED
States for the District of Columbia,
Holding Probate. Court.-No. s., ,6T9. Ad-
ministration This is to Give Notice: That
the subscriber, of the State Of Maryland,
has obtained from the Probate Court OF
the District of Columbia, Letters Testa-
mentary on. the estate of Katherine c.
Lsnsdale. late of the District of Columbia,
deceased. All persons having claims AGAINST
the deceased are hereby warned to exhibit
the :, same with the vouchers thereof,
or before the 18th day Of December, b
1914: otherwise they may by law be ex-
cluded from all benefit of said estate
December. 1943. LORENE LANSDALE
BUCKLEY. Silver Spring, Maryland (SeaI) }
Attest: THOMAS C. SCALLEY, Deputy
lumbia, Clerk of the Probate Court.
Evening star., 1944-01-14
LEGAL NOTICES.
JAMES G.. DULIN, Jr., Attorney,
Hibbs Building (5.

DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED
:, States for the. District Of Columbia,
Holding Probate Court.--No. 62, 444. Ad-
ministration.-Thisi lis to Give Notice: That
the subscribers, of the District of Columbia
and the State of Virginia, respectively.
the District Of Columbia, Letters Tests-
mentary on the estate Of Albert C.
Thompson, late of the District of Columbia,
deceased. All persons having claims against
the deceased are hereby warned to exhibit
the same, with the vouchers thereof,
legally authenticated to the subscribers. on
or before the 14th day OF December. AID.
1914. otherwise they may by law be ex-
GUIDED from all benefit of said estate:
Given under our hands this 18TH day % OF
723 18th Street NV. 90: Amy THOMPSON
York Charlottesyille, Virginia.. lseal.)
Attest. THOMAS c. SCALLEY. Deputy
Register OF Wills for the District of Co.
lumbia, Clerk of the Probate Court.
Evening star., 1944-01-14
CREEL BROTHERS

parts and service business, including the
real estate, operated under the name of
CREEL BROTHERS
At 1s11-13-15-l7 Fourteenth Street NV,
WASHINGTON. D. c.
BY virtue Of decree Of the Bistrict
of Columbia, passed in Equity No. 55,407
Creel VS. Creel, the undersigned Receiver
will sell on the premises, as going con-
Germ, and subject to ratification by the
court at public auction.
Tuesday, February /, 1914
At two O'Clock pm. all the assets of Creel
Brothers as an entirety, including stock in
trade, fixtures and paraphernaha of trade
eauipment automobles ai and truces eSses sc
counts receivable. franchises, leasehold in
terests. good will and all other personal
estate on which said business is conducted
described as original Lot and part Of
original Lot in Square 23s;;, said part OF
ming at the northwest corner of said LOT
and running thence east 80 feet . inches
thence south 90 feet; thence west 80 feet
ginning; improved by a substantial two.
story brick and reinforced concrete building
fTddtti fronting g. about g. 80 feet on Fourteentt
,20-foot public alley; subject to an in
debtedness of $4,000. secured by first
hrd 5rnSt ST. on the property; Pre- or free of encum'
Terms: All cash. A deposit of 81 1000 .oC
IN caSh Or certified check required Of sue
of sale to be complied with within thirty
days from date of final confirmation OF
sale by the court, otherwise right is re-
served to resell at public auction at risk
and cost of defaulting purchaser after five
days advertisement in some newspaper
puphshed in Washington, D. c.. or deposit
may be forfeited at discretion of the Re-
celVer. Conveyancing, notary and record
ing fees and revenue stamps at cost of
Note, The receiver is authorized and
dlrected to continue to conduct said busi-
ness until f1nal confirmation and conSur-
matlon ot said sale, accounting to the pur-
ChaSer for the proceeds of said business
curing the interval between sale and final
price less tie expenses Of the cnnd,,ct
tnereof curing such interim ERSKINE
y ST2RDON. Receiver. 619 14th Street
de29. ta37 10,14.17,21
Evening star., 1944-01-14

CHEVROLET 1889 -over-eneine stake
truck: 59l5 E. Capitol St. IL 4743. I6,
INTERNATIONAL 1889 1-ton truck: stake
oody, 4 new mud-sr Goodyear tires rear
Two recaps front, vacuum brakes, heater
National 1916. a.
FORD 1889 la-ton panel: 3 new tires, .
gooo tlres, good paint. Simons Poultry
20, Natlonal 1876. IA
FORD 1898 dump truck; good condition;
ceiilng price. Call Mr.. Hansen, MA. 1881
FOhD dump truck, 1871; good tires. spe-
hydraulic 2l2-yard body, cab shield, new
green greer paint: McMahon Chevrolet Co,
TRACTOR UNIT with short wheelbase
1896 cab-over-engine Studebaker. EQUIP.
ped with booster brakes, 10000 miles,
ican Storage Co, 2s01 Georgia ave NV
Evening star., 1944-01-14
AUTO REPAIRS AND SERVICE.
RECAPPING.

One-day service. by appointment only
Call NE. 1856. Custom-built work. Grade
and grade 8 tires carried in stock.
GOODYEAR Tire Co.. 209 New York ave.
NV. Leave car in the morning, call for
same at r.
Evening star., 1944-01-14
ourban Realty Co.. SH. 4161,
REDUCED-S8Q Q50
"COMFORTABIE LIVING

May be obtained at small expense in this
immaculate and roomy S-room and bath
#. wide, near 1st and Whittier sts. NV,
The price. is low. and the owner would
arrange terms for responsible people
Call ME. 1l43 until Q pm
j WESLEY RIICHANAM PEA1rnp
Evening star., 1944-01-14
TRAILER SPACE FOR RENT.

LARGE LOT with city water. city sewer
and metered electricity. Individual lock
mail boxes, modern utility bldg with
private showers and toilets. lavatories
with hot water "a hrs. Laundry equipped
with Maytag washers and laundry trays.
Temple Trailer Village,
Block South From Duke st. on telegraph
Rd., Alexandria, Va. Phone TIE 300.