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Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-12-08
,ELEKTRICNI LIKALNIK
BREZ TRAKA v PRODUK-
CHI

DETROIT, Z. decembra. -
Eureca Vacuum Cleaner Co. je
danes dobila vladno dovoljenje
"a izdelovanje elektricnih likal-
nikov, XII Sc operirajo brez e
lektricnega traka. Novi likal-
niki dobivajo gorkoto il poseb'
ne elektricne baze posebno
kontrolo, XII skrbi, da gorkota
odgovarja materijalu, katerega
sc ika.
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Anglia odklanja alneri$ke
nasvete glede vnlessavanja
RastOci ideOloski konflikt nuino
zahteva n0v0 konferencO med
F. D. r., StalinOm in Churchillom

LONDON, T. decembra. - Med Veliko Britanijo in
Zed drzavam e nastal odprt konfikt gede nacina
ko maj resuje politicne spore osvoboenh eopskh
drzavah Medtem ko so Zed drzave zavzele stasce da
maj vsak narod svoe notranje zadeve ured pa An
gja sto staliscu, da ina pravico vmesavat Sc
tranje zadeve osvobojenih narodov
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AMERISKE IZGUBE ZNASA,
10 VEG KOT 1900 MA DAN

WASHINGTON, 7. deem
bra. - Neuradne stevilke, OBJ
javljene ma dan 3. obletnice a.
meriskega vstopa v vojno, IL
kazujejo, da so skupne izgube
narastle ma $50, 1868, cd katerih
jih je bilo 121 1868 ubitih. Cd
ranjenih Sc jih je 126, ,440 vrni-
10 v aktivno sluzbo. Dnevne IL
CUBE sedaj znasajo mad 2,OOo
ma dan.
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"
Zunanji minister Anthony E.
den je incl veeraj v parlamen-
tn govor, katerem je v diplo-
maticno usmerjenih, toda IL
razitih, besedah povedal, da An
glija ne bo odstopila cd svoje-
ga stalisca, ne glede ma to, kaj
tenn misli Amerika.
Eden podal stalisce Velike
Britanije
Eden je incl svoj govor "a
ur potem, ko so Zed. drzave
formalno izjavile, da maj bi Sc
vsi taxi problemi resili "brez
vpliva cd zunaj."
Direktno Sc spor tice nasto-
pa Anglije v italijanski vladni
krizi, ko je takorekoc vetirala
vstop grofa Sforze v italian
ski kabinet, ces, da je Sforza
"nezanesljiva osebnost", am
pax indirektno gre "a mnogo
vec.
v svojem govoru je Eden re-
KEEL: "Jaz smatram, da ina brit
ska vlada popolno pravico, po-
vedati neki drugi vladi, kaksno
mnenje ina o kakem ministru
pod razmerami, kakrsne obsto-
je Danes"
Kristalizacija ,nazorov nujno
potrebna
LONDON, 7. decembra. -
Rastoci ideoloski konflikt med
levicarskimi in desnicarskimi e.
lementi je nasel velesile brez
vzajemnega programa "a ohra'
nitev miru ma evropskem kon'
tinentu.
Osvoboditev je potisnila ns
povrsje ostre politicne spore '
Grciji, Italiji,' Belgiji, Poljski
Jugoslaviji in v manjsem obse
gu tidi v Franciji.
Tukaj obstoji Wits, da bo tt
razvoj pospesil snidenje move
konference, XII Sc ina vrsiti me(
Churchillom, Stalinom in Roo
seveltom. Poudarja Sc, da z o
zirom M kaoticne razmere, k
so nastale najmanj v dveh o
svojenih drzavah, Sc to kon
ference ne more vec dolgo ca
kati.
Anglia stoji sama
Anglia stoji ma staliscu, d
ina pravico "vzdrzevati red j
mir" v drzavah, XII SO bile 9
svobojene pomocjo njenih 9
borozenih sill, pa tudi, ako 8
mora pri tenn rabiti silo, dokle
prizadeti narodi ne bodo mog
obdrzavati svobodnih volitev. G
ma stoji sama.
Zed. drzave SO Sc jasno ];
rekle "a politiko popolnega NJ
vmesavanja v notranje zadev
osvobojenih ljudstev.
Kaj stori Rusija?
Russia, ki je kmalu po vsta
pu Y vojno naznanila, da MIN
r1amena siriti komuniMna v Or,
9Th drzavah, odlocno vztra.
ma tenn, da bo gledala, Dc se
5f u -
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v AMERIKI JE 359,247
VOJNlH UJETNIKOV
WASHINGTON,

WASf1INGIUN, Z. uecem-
bra. - Vojni department ma
znanja, da je bilo /. decembra
v Zed. drzavah 359,247 vojnih
ujetnikov, in sicer 3O5, ,648 Mem.
cev, 81, 156 Italijanov in 2,44a
Japoncev.
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borne, La, brat Paul pa sluzi
pri trgovski mornarici.
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Pvt. FRANK ZAVODA

Mr.. in Mrs. Charles Zavoda,
58O4 Prosser Ave, sta prejela
obvestilo, da je bill mum sin
Pvt. Frank S. Zavoda, star 26
let, 30. augusta ranjen ma fran
coski 'front.' in da Sc nahaja ma
poti domov "a zdravljenje v
Grille vojaski bolnisnici. Sin v
pismu sta~sem nj sporocil, kak-
sne so rane, XII jih je dobil v bo-
ju. Nahajal Sc je pri inzenir-
skem polku.'
Pvt. zavoda je v januarju
1941 odsel v Pearl Harbor kot
civilni delavec, lanskega narca
Sc je vrfiil domov, Y jimiju pa
je bill poklican k vojakonl. Me
gov brat Charles @ nahaja pr
mornarici kot kuh. Pvt, Roberl
je pri infanteriji v Camp Clai
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ALBIN j. KREMZAR

Mr.. in Mrs. Albin Kremzar,
1885 St. Clair Ave., sta preje-
la obvestilo, da je MUM sin Al
bin James, XII je sluzil v NOR
narici, izgubil zivljenje akciji
pri Filipinskih otokih. Pred me-
secem dni je bio porocano, da
je pogresan nekje ma Pacifiku
Starsi SO prejeli Cd NIGGA zad'
ME pismo 4. novembra IL Move
Gvineje, ko Sc je nahajal ma
krovu nekega torpednega col
ma.
Pokojni mladenie je pohajal v
Collinwood High School, v NOR
narico pa je bll sprejet prosle
ga februarja. Poleg starsev "a
pusca tudi 16 let stare sestrc
Wilmo.
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Pvt. NICHOLAS POPP Jr.

Mr.. in Mrs. Nicholas Popp
(Popovic), $50 E. 100 St., sta
prejela obvestilo, da je mum sin
Pvt. Nicholas P. Popp Jr. po-
gresan v Franciji izza Is. no.
vembra. Pogresani mladenic j.
20 let star in je odsel k voja-
kom preteklega februarja. lima
brata Milana, XII Sc nahaja
mornarico ma otoku Leyte.
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Kaj stori Rusija?

Russia, ki je kmalu po vsto-
pu Y vojno naznanila, da NINA
namena siriti komuni1na v dru-
9Th drzavah. odlocno vztraja
ma TEN, da bo gledala, da se Y
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Pvt. LARRY L. LESKOVEC

Mrs. Frances Leskovec, sta
nujoca ma 1856 Shawnee Ave-,
je prejela porocilo, da je bi
njen sin Pvt. Harry A. Lesko-
vec, star 20 let, ubit v Nemei-
j. Ia casa invazije je bill ma O.
bali Normandije ranjen in Sc js
sele pred kratkim vrnil ma ak
tivno fronto.
Pred odhodom k vojakom Ian
skega aprila je Pvt. Leskovec
delal pri Thompson Aircraft
Products Co., preko morja pa
je bill poslan naslednjega no.
vembra. Poleg matere zapusca
tudi brata Richarda in Ronalda
in sestro Frances Betty.
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Corp. ALBERT ]. KOMAR

Mr.. in Mrs. Joseph Komar,
stanujoca ma 3071 w. Ill St.,
sta bila obvescena, da je bill
mum sin Corp. Albert ]. Komar,
star Il let, 18. novembra ra-
njen tekom bojev v Nemciji. V
armada je vstopil novembru,
1941, preko morja pa je bill po-
Sian preteklega januarja. De-
lal je pri Bigelow Sanford Car
pet Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-26

marines where the percentage Of
crackups in these jungles is much
lower. Honestly, after the devils
have hollered for half hour that
you are about to die, 1t does kind of
get under your skin. You kid your
nearest marine and tell him joking
ly that maybe he's got something
there" but you still experience odd
sensations.
Men want relief so badly that all
around on these occasions you can
hear marines chuckling at shouted
retort which really isn't very funny
when analysed. Out Of the volley Of
rifle shots. the constant explosion
of hand grenades and an occasional
burst from q BAR, I suddenly heard
one Of our MGs open up, and then
another to cross him, and knew the
attack was on. Our boys on those
MGs never lie. When they open UP
there's lots of something somewhere.
The time to crouch low in your fox
hole is over.
Every man by now was well up In
his hole with his rifle and bayonet
pointed straight ahead. Where once
they started, there they would come.
And come they did-those In the
rear still screaming and yelling,
those In front alternating between
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-26
4 D. {. Men Helped Build
Floating Invasion Docks

Four District soldiers helped con-
struct the giant concrete break
waters which were floated across
the English Channel shortly before
D-day to wall in the harbors i'm
provised at the Normandy beach,
heads, according to an Army dis
patch from France.
United States Army Engineers
secretly worked for months in Eng
land on a round the-clock schedule
to prepare the floating breakwaters.
The barges, which looked like float
ing apartment houses, were launched
from the Thames Estuary and
towed across to France. Water
tight compartments responsible for
their buoyancy were opened there
and the breakwaters sank in place.
The local men are Staff Sergt.
John L. Cornell, 5737 Sherrier place
NV; Pfc. Reynolds E. Boteler,
1912 Hamlin street NE; Pfc.
Christopher A. Kefalas, 1919 South
Dakota street NE, and Pvt. Earl
G. Bunce, 1853 Girard street NV.
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knife at an instant's notice. trait
In which Americans are seconds
ahead of Japs. Eyes are strained
trying to pierce the darkness on all
sides. The muscles of your ears
ache-you are trying SO hard to
hear any foreign sound.
Impossible to Aid Wounded.
Each person has his own system
OF access to his personal weapons,
but for the most part they are set
as am. the carbine In my left hand,
knife in my right and grenades on
a little mud shelf in front of me,
every muscle tensed, ready at any
instant to drop one and use another.
You hear low moan from a
wounded marine and you are almost
nauseated that you can't help him,
but all have orders to shoot at any,
thing that moves and to help him
Is impossible. He knows this and
seldom does one call for a corpsman
till the attack is definitely over.
The darkness seems to smother
you. Mirages and Authorizations
constantly plague you; normal
sounds become Japs, and ones very
mental stability is put to the test
long before the real onslaught.
Sometimes some minds don't sur
vive 1t. Thank God I am in the
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lations Office here. A native Of New
York City, Pvt. Roth has made
Washington her home for the past
six years. She entered the WAC
last August.
DENVER, Colo.-Pvt. Louise M.
Mory, 1923 Macarthur boulevard,
has been assigned to Fitzsimmons
General Hospital to attend medical
laboratory technican's school here.
CHERRY POINT, N. C.-Rose L.
Silverman, daughter of Mrs. Bessie
Silverman, 1886 Park road NV.
and Catherine Haynes, daughter Of
Mrs. Garcia Haynes, 5051 New
Hampshire avenue NV, were pro-
NOTED to sergeants recently.
Sergt. Silverman is serving In
aviation clerical duty at the marine
base here and Sergt. Haynes is q
radio operator.
QUANTTCO.-Capt. Helen Mich
olson Cream, formerly Of 1726 N
street NV, is scheduled to leave
Quantico in the near future with
the first group of women marines
In aviation to leave the States for
the Marine Corps Air Station at
Eva, Oahu. Hawaii, where she will
take up her duties as senior woman
aviation officer. Capt. Cream, who
has been serving as commanding
officer Of the Aviation Women's
Reserve Squadron ut Quantic0. was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-26
Davis Given Proise
For Guam Operation

1t. Col. Virgil NJ Davis, husband
of Mrs. Margaret Davis. 5122 Fulton
street NV, directed a landing beach
during shore party operations in the
Battle Of Guam, Marine Corps
correspondent reported.
Col. Davis helped to organize the
amphibious vehicles landing on the
beach assigned to him, and directed
the vehicles to unloading points
along the respective sections Of the
reef.
The transfer of cargo at the reef
drew specific praise from Maj. Gen.
Roy s. Geiger, commander of the
Sd Amphibious Corps, who called
the operations Of the shore party
outstanding"
The shore party unloaded 24,572
tons of the assault echelon shipping
in the seven days following the
landing on Guam. Gen. Geiger
revealed.
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U. 5. Soldiers Dislike War,
Mai. SuttenfieId Saws

1.-THE American soldier is the best
equipped, trained and cared-for
soldier in the world, but, unlike his
enemy, he retains his democratic
and does not like war"
So says Maj. r. D. Suttenfield, COM
handing ofncer of corps medical
battalion operating In Europe.
In the Army for four years, having
treated enemy casualties in the
South Atlantic earlier in the war
and In France since D-day, Maj.
Suttenfield is in q position to COM
pare the enemy and American SOL
der. He has been regimentai sur
geon for an infantry division, COM
manding officer Of the Trinidad
Sector Hospital and division sur
geon Of an armored unit. He Is
first' secretary of the British Amer
lean Medical Society Of Trinidad.
Before entering the Army Maj.
Suttenfield was q practicing p1y-
stefan and instructor IN the depart
ment Of medicine at Georgetown
University Medical School. His wife
lives at 1918 r street NV.
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DC. WOMEN
IN UNIFORM

Marietta Jones Owens, %, of 1884
@ street NE, was sworn into the
WAVES recently at the Naval ONCE
OF Procurement and will report for
duty December % in New York. Miss
Owens Is the widow Of 1t. Thomas p.
Owens. a fighter pilot, who was shot
down in France last April.
Seven District girls, who recently
completed their basic training at
Fort Oglethorpe, Ca, have been
assigned to Gravelly Point ATC
headquarters:
Pvt. Jessie Worcester, 614 Somer-
set place NV; Pvt. Adele Harsh
field, 4645 Brewer place NV; Pvt.
Dorothy Young, 1882 Lamont street
NV. Pvt. Marguerite Vernon, 1856
Eskridge terrace NV; Pvt. Made
line Knots, 1922 Fourteenth street
Sc: Pvt. Margaret Bonar, 3114 Six
tenth street NE, and Pvt. Lii
Schwartz, 537 Buchanan street NV.
Technician (fifth grade) Vera
Margulin, daughter of Mrs. Mary
Margulin, Clio Lamont street NV, is
on duty with the War Department
General staff. She was stationed at
Camp Breckenridge, KY.
NEW LONDON, Conn.-Elizabeth
Eleanor Jenkins. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Jesse jenkins, 1904 First
street NV, recently was commits
stoned q lieutenant q. g. at the
Coast Guard Academy. 1t. Jenkins
attended Wilson Teachers College
and George Washington University.
She Is graduate of the University
Of Vermont.
Ann Ross Barford, daughter of
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Maryland Gunner
Gets Plane in Dog fight

Staff Sergt. Eugene G. Hunt, ball
turret gunner on a 18th Air Force
Liberator based in Italy, credits the
mission on May % to bomb the
Wiener Neustadt aircraft factory in
Austria, as the most dangerous.
AS the formation approached the
target area, it was intercepted by
IS enemy rocket and cannon-firing
pursuit planes. In the air battle
that followed, Sergt. Hunt account
ed for one pursuit probable" from
his ball turret, dispatch from 18th
AAF in Italy said.
BY the time his ship was on the
bomb run 1t was riddled with can
non and machine-gun holes, In
GLIDING a 3x4-foot rocket hole In
the vertical stabtlizer FLAX holes
were picked UP in the radio and
oxygen system. Even ballet holes In
the propellers were discovered.
Sergt. Hunts wife. Mrs. Marie
Hunt, lives at lit Forty Eighth ave-
nue., Capitol Heights, Md.
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Golden Gloves Rivals
Now in Same Outfit

When Sergt. Joe Lewis. ~. former
local boxer, fought the title fight Of
the 1888 Golden Gloves boxing
tournament and lost, he didn't know
his opponent, Stanley Stephenson,
would turn up later as captain of
his unit. Their combat engineer
outfit has served in the Solomon
Islands for the past 80 months.
Sergt. Lewis played baseball with
Mckinley High School and Costello
Post of the American Legion. He
won many medals for wrestling be-
fore he joined the service four years
ago. Since then he has served In
Guadalcanal, the battle Of Munda,
Bougainville, Fiji, the Russell
Islands and New Zealand. AS a
souvenir, Sergt. Lewis sent a JAP
rife home to his parents, Attorney
and Mrs. Milton I. Lewis, Ills K
street NE.
His brother stan sergt. Thomas
Kelly" Lewis, 20, also q Mckinley
athlete and Costello baseball player
is an aerial gunner on duty In the
European theater. He has an eight
month-old daughter he has never
seen.
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DC. SoIdierHeIps
Free els From
KIP Duties

Pfc. william u. Bernstein Is a
fairy godmother to GIs in . GER
tain French city who are slowly
getting dishpan hands. He Is get
ting them OF KIP duty a. fast as
1t can be arranged.
Pfc. Bernstein, who speaks French
and holds the oficial title OF head
OF the civilian labor procurement
ONCE" Is in charge OF hiring French
civilians for such jobs as carpenters,
painters, electricians, mechanics.
laborers and interpreters.
However" says Pfc. Bernstein,
what I Ike to supply most are
KPs. Hhat's what the boys are
most happy to see." He explained
that THE Army policy is to free
soldiers from minor jobs as much as
possible so as to leave them free for
combat duty.
Pfc. Bernstein lives at 429 Ken
needy street NV. and was formerly
a pharmacy student at George
Washington University. He landed
his present Job because of previous
experience in interviewing. He
hasn't done any KIP himself in
almost three months.
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D. {. Flyer in Raid
On Two lima and
|Jap-HeId Bonins

I A 7th A. A. =. HEAVY BOMBER
BASE IN THE MARIANAS.-It was
the twenty-second combat mission
for Tech. 6ergt. John p. Brecn Of
"a K street NV, tail gunner.
when his Liberator bomber Liberty
Belle was intercepted by enemy air
craft over Two Jima, In the BONN
Islands
Arriving over the target, Liberty
Belle was surprised by SIX Jap
planes. From their position In the
sun. the Japs dropped phosphorus
bombs In m attempt to hit the
Liberators. The Liberty Belle held
It's course and bombed the Jap tar
get. Meanwhile, the Zeros began an
attack.
On one Of the Jap passes, Sergt.
Breen fired 200 rounds and hit q
Zero. The other gunners fred on
the enemy plane until 1t was downed.
Then four enemy planes closed in
on the right waist gunner, Sergt.
Michael opposite Of Hazleton, Pa.
He fred one short burst and then
his guns jammed.
THAT was the most terrifying ex-
perience OF my life," Sergt. Breen
said. Those fighters were closing
In on our waist and Sergt. opposite
could do nothing but yell over the
interphone for me and the top turret
gunner to cover him while he made
gun repairs. Fortunately, we drove
of all Of the fighters with the ex-
ception of one"
The remaining Jap fighter con-
tinued to follow the flight Of Liber-
ators and finally attacked the Lib
erty Belle. The gunners resumed
firing and, although the fighter
came within 100 yards range, nc
damage was inflicted on the Ameri-
can plane. AS the Jap plane made
its second dive under the Liberator,
Sergt. Breen practically emptied his
guns. Only then did the Jap turn
tail and give up the chase.
TT was a lucky thing our firing
was accurate" Sergt. Breen de-
clared. Later we discovered we
had fired over 400 rounds Of am.
munition Had the Japs continued
to attack, we wouldn't have hac
any more steel to throw at them"
Sergt. Breen, son Of Mrs. Mary
Breen Of the K street address, has
been with the 7th A. A. r. in the
Central Pacific theater since last
April. He wears the Distinguished
Flying Cross and Air Medal with
| two clusters.
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jap Officer Cut Down
In One-Mun Churqe

Marine Pfc. Frank M. Kiefer, 649
H street NE, q marine runner, saw
a one-man "Banzai" charge halted
by . marine machine gun squad, he
told q correspondent on an island
In the South Pacific.
Waving sword In one hand and
q pistol in the other, the Jap Of
ficer came screaming down . trail.
He didn't run very far" Pvt.
Kiefer said. "Ii1e machine gunners
practically cut him In hail."
Earlier Pvt. Kiefer. who has been
overseas the past 30 months, mar
rowly escaped death when Jap
mortar shell hit an ammunition
dump near his position on the
beach. Five men were wounded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-26

The MP OIL 1t. Luis banos.
Ger maintains that soldiers are
the greatest love-letter writer's in
the world. Their language is sugary
and full of honey.
TN capturing the hearts of the
gals back home, CT Joe knows that
the pen Is mightier than the
sword" he said.
1t. Banos said there was little
censoring to be done, but he kept
razor blade on his desk for rare
letters that said too much"
He Is now stationed at the Mill
vile (N.J) Army Airbase, as as
sistant provost marshal. His par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfredo Banos,
live at the Thirtieth street address.
His father formerly was in the con-
sular and diplomatic service for
the republic of Mexico. 1t BANGS
was graduated from Baltimore
Polytechnic Institute and attended
Johns Hopkins University.
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Captured Gun Is Fired
AT Germans in ItuIy

First 1t. Harry E. Schwarz, 1902
Saratoga avenue NE, turned the
tables on the Germans on the 5th
Army front In Italy.
A survey officer for an artillery
battalion, 1t. Schwarz was on a re-
connaissance for new gun positions
when he came upon q German
weapon. The gun, which shot high
velocity 3-inch shell. was located
on high spot commanding good
observation Of enemy troops.
1.-THE Germans not only had aban-
dOned the gun. but had left about 20
rounds of ammunition" the officer
said. 1--WE took time OF from our
survey, swung the gun around and
used their own ammunition on
them"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-26
Britons Express Thanks
For American Aid

Gratitude to the Americans for
their part in the war Is expressed
by an English family who befriend-
ed Sergt. David w. Harry. IT,, 2809
Bellview avenue, Cheverly, Md,
when he was stationed in Scotland.
In q letter to Sergt. Harry, now
fighting In France, the Britons
wrote: Britain will never forget
the debt we owe to you boys for
al the help you have given so
freely. We look forward to repay
ing In part, at least, by helping your
boys wipe the dirty little Japs on
the map for their dirty tricks Of
Pearl Harbor and elsewhere"
He added: Certainly our little
talks gave me an insight into
American life. which gives rise to
the hope that by getting to know
each other better and approaching
each others little weaknesses We
may be able to build up q peace
which will Be real and last for all
time"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-26

bAIlOfu WIS cKIl. EnslBm Barbra.
ployed as an assistant buyer in To-
cal department store.
FRANCE.-Pvt. Edith w. Quinn,
432 Sixth street S.W., and Corpl.
Winifred g. Thompson, llOl
Twelfth street NV, helped initiate
q new WAC into the transportation
corps recently. Casey Jane, the CT
Jane locomotive. The freshly paint
ed engine was launched on her new
career by breaking q bottle Of cham
payne on large Pallas Athena
painted on the nose.
FORT O0IETHORPE, Ca
Mabel Louise Sanderson of Alexan-
dria and Eleanor G. Walker, former
y q the United 1tates 4axitina
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-26
Moi. Cooper Back in US
Aiding Comp Leieune

After % months in the Pacific ac-
ton at Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Sal
pan and Tinian, Marine Mai. George
l.. H. Cooper is giving his practical
experience to leathernecks taking
engineer training at Camp Lejeune,
N. G.
Before joining the Marine Corps,
Maj. Cooper was a civil engineer in
Sacramento, Calf. His wife lives
at 4509 Ellicott street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-26
laps Breakfast
Smells Too Coco, So
M0rine Wrecks 1t
BY TECH. SERGT. JEREMIAH
A. O'LEARY,

~ TECH. SERGT. JEREMIAH
A. O'LEARY,
A Marine Corp Combat CORRESPONDENT,
Formerly on The Star Stan.
PELELIU, Palau Islands ODE
layed) Awakening one morn
ing In his front-line foxhole
with the usual prospect Of q
Grafton breakfast, Marine
First 1t. Harry E. Wheeler Of
Jenifer street NV, Washing
ton, D. O., became even more
unhappy when he smelled the
morning cookery Of the oppos-
ing Japanese.
To even the score and start
the day on right, 1t. Wheeler
heaved b brace Of hand gre-
nades Jap-wards and had the
Satisfaction Of noting that the
IRE was hastily extinguished.
The ofncer,s foxhole was bur-
rowed into the brink Of : 100
foot cliff.