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Evening star., 1944-08-21
Gypsies Accuse Reporter
Of Belonging to Them
By the Associated Press.

LOUISVILLE, Ky.-Mrs. Betty
Amster, reporter for the Louisville
Times appeared in the Police Court
holdover here to check up on the
arrests OF some gypsies charged with
unlicensed fortune-telling.
The gypsies observed her bright
f1owered dress, her brunette COM
plexion and the flower in her hair,
and then asked-"which tribe are
you with?"
Evening star., 1944-08-21
Golf Zooms as Year Wunes;
Woodfie!d, yoorfetz Victors

The fading summer season Is
bringing the best golf of the year to
the District to top the biggest war;
time season and hint at the prob
able magnitude of the sport here
after V-day.
Feature golfng of the Sabbath was
turned in by r. T. Woodfield, who
captured the Board of Governors
Trophy at KenWood with net total
of l41 for So holes. Woodf1eld fired
both his rounds over the week end
posting "a Saturday and adding an
81 yesterday for gross l55, and with
a handicap allowance of 7 strokes
per round, finished four swings
ahead of j. l.. Townsend, who carved
out a 145. In third place was Will
liam Wenzel, 73-79. 4E148, and
deadlocked for fourth were H, B
Hunt, $3.50, 1+149, and Robert
Hendrickson, 1877, 1919. Wenzel
Was double winner of the day
pairing up with Mrs. Betty Meckley
to move into a three-way tie in a
mixed two-ball tourney. The Meek
Ry-Wenzel team, 80-+76, was tied
with Mrs. A. A. McEntee and A. H.
Youngquist, 84-8-76, and Mrs. L.
II. Hedrick and L. w. Perce, 90
H-76.
: Utz Trophy to Joorfetz.
sOther locally famous Silverware
carried off yesterday went to Albert
JDorfetz, who owns the DR.. A. T.
Utz Trophy, after stroking a net 63
In the annual l8-hole medal play
event at Indian Spring. Joorfetz,
with an l8-stroke handicap, had a
a and 40 gross on his. rounds.
Tied for second were r. C. Simpson,
87-22-65, and Leon Shloss, 81
l7-65. The clubs amateur pro
tournament, which has wound up in
tie for three successive Sundays,
finally was settled yesterday, with
Bill Rice and DR.. Harold .Berman
Evening star., 1944-08-21
Brewers Trim Frederick
Tuning for Title PIoy

Heurich Brewers are keeping in
shape for the opening game Of the
city sandlot series with exhibitions
their latest tune-up for the opener
with Vint Hill Wednesday at 4:3C
on the South Ellipse being an H.
to-8 win over Frederick.
Pepco Barry, the Sudsmens center
fielder, put the game in the bag in
the seventh when he tripled and
stole home to break up a TT dead
lock. and the locals were never
threatened thereafter.
Evening star., 1944-08-21
Thomas w. Bowron Dies

HOLLYWOOD Aug, 81 R.-
George Mcdaniel, S., early-day mo-
ton picture actor singer who came
to Hollywood from New York light
opera and stock company engage
ments. died Of q heart attack yes
terday at his San Fernando Valley
home.
Evening star., 1944-08-21
Monnerheim Awarded
Germun Decoration
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug. 21.-The German
Transocean news agency said in q
broadcast dispatch yesterday that
Adolf Hitler had awarded the Oak
Leaves to the Knights Cross of the
Iron Cross to Baron Carl Gustaf
Mannerheim, now President OF
Finland.
The gesture obviously was an at
tempt to counter reports that Fin
land was considering making peace
offers to Russia.
Evening star., 1944-08-21

Hill, James 6rayson
Hir1ch, Joanne w.
Hooper, Olcott L.
Howe, William r.
Jackson, M. w.
Jennings. Edward q.
Kent, Harold r.
knight, Malcolm p.
Lackey. Hal
Lindsey. Byron r.
Mansfield, Harry K.
Mcdowell, Eleanor c.
Miles, J. Harry, jr.
Miller, Howard w.
Palsgrove. william @
Pelton. Russell @.
Pickard, Marvin 8.
Powell. Walter r.
Reder. Lionel 0eorgs
Rehrey, Elsie Jones
Riepma, MARY Z.
Roberts, Richard n.
Rosden, George Z.
Simmons, Robert w.
Smith, RAYMOND c.
Spencer, John j., tr.
Taylor John W.
ThreedRill, Eugene 3.
Ttssier. Marie q.
Wakefield. Howard 3.
White, Homer n.
whitney. Tavern q.
Wiggin, Chester II.
Willenbucher, p. o.
Williams. Edward b
Evening star., 1944-08-21

Allen, Elizabeth H.
Auer, Frederick J.
Barttmo, Prank A.
Bayol, Eugene W.
Beyer. Eugene T.. jr,
Blackmon, Joel D.
Bright, Z. lie Roy
Burke. Martin J.
Calhoun. Edward J.
Cantor. Bernard H.
Chalmers, Philip O.
ChAveS, Lorenzo A.
Coughiin, John J.
Greed, Joseph M.
Crystal. Daniel
Cushman. Ralph Z.
Davis. William A..
Dillon. Timothy v.
Ducker, Claire o.
puncombe, Virginia
E1more, Frank H., jr.
Feischfarb, Alex. A.
Fuller, Terryl J.
Gilmore, John A.
Greeley. James
Gromnne. Isedore ].
Guandolo, John 8.
Guenther, Walter w
Gundersdorf, A. G.
Hancock. Arve Five
Harris, De Long
Harry, Charles H.
Hartley. Earl z.
Hedric9. +. C.. ir.
HAHN I'm an Kar1 -
Evening star., 1944-08-21

defeating Pres Burrows and DR.. H.
NJ De Volt on the Goth green, with
Rice firing a birdie on the final
greensward to break up the mara
thon deadlock.
First running of what is to be the
annual Navy Yard championship at
Prince Georges resulted in Joe Lock-
wood taking the title by beating
Stanley Martin, l up, in the final
round, and scoring rs against Mar
tins 78. Howard Hamlin beat Jack
Couch, and 3, in the second flight
finale.
Choices Score at Washington.
At Washington Golf and Country
Club favorites without exception
stayed in the running after second
round matches in the Birney Cup
were played yesterday.
Results:
Donald L. wilkins defeated Harry N.
Thompson, up: E. G. Getz defeated r
W. b. Marshall, and 3: Eugene Z. Mur.
phy defeated A. ". Lloyd. l UP: DR.. J.
R: -, Hogan q, defeated Z; R. Boyd. default;
n.
fault: Larry Sigler defeated Gary Trip
lett, ! up: Jack Oakley defeated H. E.
Baldwin, 6 and B.
Bannockburn was the scene of a
unique Rainbow tournament that
was greatly enjoyed by the women.
Windup came when Freddie" Haw-
kins planted her ribbon on the
eighteenth green after firing an 83.
Second was Marion Russell, who
reached the seventeenth, followed
by Angela Ryan in third place.
Mems event, a blind bogey affair,
was won by 1t. Jack Keating, who
had a net of 78. Fred Britton, II,
was second.
The United Clay Products Trophy,
put on the block at Belle Haven,
was carried of by Jack Kurtz, who
toured the course in SO strokes and
.subtracted q handicap Of IL strokes
for q net II. -
Evening star., 1944-08-21
10 Candidates Pass
Examinations for
District Bar

The Committee on Admissions and
Grievances, District Court, today
made public the names Of the follow
ing 10 candidates who passed their
bar examinations, held June 26-28,
1914:
Evening star., 1944-08-21
81 District Men Report
For Induction Today

Thirty-seven District men have
been ordered to report for induction
at Fort Myer today. They are:
Evening star., 1944-08-21
VIII Inform All Allies.

For long time before the Mos
COW Conference, and especially dur
ing the months which have elapsed
since that conference. each Of our
governments has been making dill.
Evening star., 1944-08-21

Beach. Richard H,
Gillian, William H.
ingalls,, Carroll F.
Maidens, William A.
O'Donnell, B. p.
Walker, John w.
Boone, Garland c,
Carlton, Lorenzo L
Day, Joseph
kupperman, fIoses
Potts. William D.
Sherman. Lester
Swanson, Robert L
Barbour, w. F.
Bowers, Robert J.
CheSley, F. s.
Derby, Edward L.
Kelly, Joseph E.
Kreger. George p.
Evening star., 1944-08-21

Loyeless, Robert E.
O'Keefe, James c.
Taylor, William J.
Birks, La Verne s.
Cadle, Otis L.
Cheney, Monroe G.
Christianson, w. L.
Luoma, Edwin j.
Gleason, r. F.
Luoma, Melvin H.
Meadows, Eugene c
Melville. John Z.
Misner. Robert D.
Padesky, Robert c.
Reitz, Frederick M.
Schroth, Charles r.
Walker, Bruce b.
Weedmal1, Walter r
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-05-15
WLBFAv0RS FISHERMEN
 IN RULING
Decision Concerns Cannery Workers . To
 Leave Soon

SEATTLE, May Is, The War Labor Boards decision on the wage question for the Alaska fishing in dustry is hailed as complete union victory" for the Alaska Fish ermen's Union, especially in regard to the Boring Sea fishermen. The union said it was a compromise which was ''as a whole, satisfactory.
 The case involved a dispute be- tween the union and the Alaska Salmon Industry, Inc.
 Henry Van Hoevenberg industry manager, and representatives of the workers met after the decision was received from the VILE, to arrange sailing times of vessels which will head for the salmon areas of the north, and the men will begin leaving in a few days.
 The decision affects approximate ly 17,000 workers and 100 salmon packing firms.
 Main question was whether the seven percent wage increase under which the industry operated last season was basic wage increase or war bonus. The Labor Board said it was an increase in pay, end- ing, "it is understood in the light of provisions of the war that no changes in basic pay, up or down, will be sought under considerations to do solely with war conditions.
 ''When the war is over, any changes heretofore made by the board will be without prejudice. ef- fecting changes by collective bar gaining
 Overtime for cannery tender work CTS in the Bristol Bay area, involv- ing about 200 men, was given ap- proval by the board but the VILE did not make the overtime retro active for the 1943 season because of the 'impracticability of calculat- ing overtime for the past season.
 The fishermen also were upheld ln thelr tranSp0rtatlon contentious, the board ruling that employees en- route to and from Alaska custom arily receive first class accommoda- tions and would be entitled to the difference between the actual amount paid and first class fare. The VILE officials said the differ ence would amount to about $160 for 600 pen.
 The board referred back for furth- CT negotiation the issue of "equal pay for equal work" and the ques- ton of working conditions for resi- dent workers in the Bristol Bay area. No decision was reached. May 25 this matter will be determined by the Regional War Labor Board without further right of appeal"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-05-15
RUSSIANS GET READY,
 BIG DRIVE
Soyiets Mdssing for Sum- mer Offensive Surpdss-
 ing Previous Blows

MOSCOW, May 15.--The Russian Armies are believed massing for a summer offensive surpassing any blow yet struck on the eastern front.
 The spring Hull that started i'll mid-April continued today with no fresh military dispatches published from the front but the multiplying signs of the coming push are indi- cated as Russian bombers, for in- stance. struck the rail center at Erest Litovsk, starting 30 fires.
 The Nazi bases at Polotsk, White Russia, and Narve in the Esthonian Republic, were also bombed.
 Recent visitors arriving from sev- eral sections of the front saw in tense activity indicating drive is fairly imminent but details cannot be published. Preparations however are described as immense. <
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-05-15
GERMANS IN PREP pARATI0N FOR BIG DAY
Admit Atlantic Wall May Be Pierced Plans for
 Defenses Made

LONDON, May 15.-The Germans. in broadcasts, are speculating on Allied invasion moves and admitted that their west wall might be pen- etrated after all when the blow comes. A Berlin commentator said, When the battle starts, fighting will not be limited to divisions on the Atlantic wall or points under attack but small waves may reach far beyond, then Germany will bc called upon to stand her greatest and most dangerous test"
 One report from the Continental underground reaching London said that the enemy is hastily reinforce ing his airborne parachute forces in the west, not as counterinyasinn of Britain, but as a defensive mea- sure.
 These forces. 1t is explained, will be rushed to aid any German tfcops cut off in the rear by the Allies and with the Allied air forces sys- tematically destroying Hitler's rail communications. the Germans are apparently preparing to resort to air transport.
 Another underground report said that the Germans have pulled back into Germany half of their fighting force from the west, leaving barely 250 first line aircraft to combat the Allied air forces.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-05-15
BIG DRIVE IN YUNNAN
 BY(HINE5E
Biggest Offensive Yet Made by Defenders
 Aims at India

CHUNGKING, May 15.-The Chi nese Command has announced that large Chinese forces launched an offensive in western Yunnan Pro- vince the night of May 10, crossing the Salween River at many points on front of over 100 miles in an effort to link up with General Jo- seph Stilwells troops in northern Burma. Casualties were heavy on both sides.
 Gen. Chennault's Sky Dragons heavily supported the new drive, an American communique reports, and Mitchells attacked bridge and the warehouse area at Wanpahsa, Bur- ma on the border of Thailand, causing enormous explosions and fires among the fuel dumps, and causing the smoke to rise to 5000 feet.
 The drive is in sense the first big Chinese offensive in the entire Chinese-Japane5e war and broke a long lull along China's southwest ern frontier. It is obviously aimed at opening a connecting link with India by way of the Ledo and Bur- ma reads and at breaking the blockade of China.
 A success in Yunnan would do much to mitigate the bitterness felt as a result of the defeats in Honan Province south of the Yellow River where the Japs have broken into Loyang at three points.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-05-15
OFFENSIVE PROGRESSES
 SOUTH ITALY
French Advance ! Miles. Americans 4, British,
 Indians Go Ahead

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NAPLES, May 15.--French troops have advanced as much as seven miles from the takeoff point in the all-out Allied offensive and cap- tured the town of Ausonia, creating a significant breachp in the Gustav line in southern Italy.
 It is also announced the Am- ericans have smashed the enemy out of Santa Maria Infante and San Pietro on the lower Garigliano River and taken the vital mountain positions on both sides of the Au- sente River.
 The French forces reached the hills dominating San Girgio, equal ly as important as Ausonia.
 The Americans pressing the att tack on Spigno shows they have driven at least four miles north and west of Minturio.
 Ausonia is six and one-half miles north of Minturio and San Girgio is seven miles southwest of Cassino. The big Allied offensive has also gained farther north, the British and Indians deepening the RaI1ido River bridgehead at least 2,O00 yards and sending over great numbers of tanks to exploit the attack into the Liri Valley. the direct road to Rome.
 More than 2.OOO Germans have already streamed back to be taken prisoners in the Allied cages and others are coming in constantly as the attacks progressed.
 The German Seventy divi- sion, which bore the brunt at Stalin- grad, and the original forces wiped out, has been reconstructed and is now bearing the brunt of the Fifth Army attack. The division has al- ready lost 1900 men alone, includ- ing six battalion commanders.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-05-15
CLOSING HALIBUT SEASON pROp0SAl
 OF CANADA GOVT.

WASHINGTON, May 15.--Charles Jackson, one of the two United States members of the International Fisheries Commission, said he has notified the State Department of the Canadian governments proposal that the commission close the hali- but season and set the reopening date at July 15
 The closing of the season, it is said, would enable American and Canadian fishermen affected by the tieup of fishing vessels to engage in other fisheries or war work.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-05-15
CHINA ARMY RECApTURE5
 pART0F R. R.
Defenders Put Ere ak in Vital Railroad Recently
 Grabbed by Japs
(By Associated Press)

In developing the battle Tor east ern China-the territory the Allies need to strike at Japan's vitals- Chinese troops have severed the Jap-held Acknowledging Railroad, but have given ground in the strug- gle to hold strategic Loyang.
 The Chinese High Command has announced the capture Of Suiping which lies on the partly dismantled railway between Hankow and Peip- ing. Only last week the Japanese completed the capture of the line and were beginning to work to put it into service, since the Chinese long ago removed much of the track. The capture of Suiping and the isolation of enemy forces at nearby Chumatien would snarl the Jap attempts to seal northeastern China.
 Kept Allies Guessing
 The Nipponese have kept the AL lies guessing as to the real objec- tives in the present north China drive, but the Chinese authorities have viewed the move as aimed at the control of the whole 1,000-mile Peiping Canton Railroad, running through China north to south. Such control would make more secure the enemy's hold on the rich slice of China fronting the Pacific. Loyang's defenses have been pierced in three places by the Japs and there is heavy fighting in the city, which opens the way to inva- sion of the interior of China to- ward Chungaing, and this. city in Japanese hands would facilitate their drive through Tunckwan 70 the west which is a gateway be- tween the northwest and central China.
 Jap Invasion Fails ! The Allies statement from India says the Japanese invasion has failed completely" British forces continued their drive around Ko- hima, fighting southward with theil allies.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-05-15
Ruling Made Against NLRB
 In Budd Case

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, May 15.- The Third United States Circuit Court of Appeals has held in effect that an employer may discuss labor issues with unions and employees without violating the Wagner Labor Relations Act, and thus rejected the National Labor Relations Board petition to declare Edward Budd, President of the Budd Manufactur- ing Company, guilty of contempt of court because of letters regarding unions which were sent to 15,000 employees.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-05-15
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, May 15. Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 5h, American Can 83, Anaconda 25, Beech Aircraft 8h, Bethlehem Steel STA, Curtiss- Wright 5, International Harvester 72 Kennecott 30M, North Ameri- can Aviation 8, New York Central l7h, Northern Pacific 15A, United States Steel 51A,
 Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: industrials 138.60, rails 3870, utilities 22.54.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-05-15
Chaplin 5iiII Faces Charge
 Of Paternity

LOS ANGELES, May 15.-Actor Charlie Chaplin has been freed Of criminal conspiracy charges inyoIy- ing Joan Berry, but in San Fran cisco the State Supreme Court re- fused to dismiss her civil suit al- leging that Chaplin is the father of Joan's daughter, Carol Ann.
 The district judge dismissed the indictment charging that Chaplin and three others conspired to de- prive Miss Berry of her constitu- tional rights by forcing her to leave Beverly Hills after an arrest on a vagrancy charge.
 The court action ill San Francisco means that the paternity suit must proceed on it's merits, although Chaplin contends that the blood tests proved he is not the father
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-05-15
F0RTRE55E5, LIBERAT0R5
 IN ATTACKS
Day Raids Follow German Assault, British Coast
 Brenner Pass Closed

LONDON, May IS. = American Flying Fortresses and Liberators to- day attacked the German invasion defenses in the Pas de Calais area, the section nearest Britain, on the 31st consecutive day of the great aerial offensive after a night in which German bombers sharply at tackled the British coast
 No American bombers were lost today but one of the accompanying Mustangs is missing and fell as the result of antiaircraft fire since the United States communique said no German planes were sighted.
 A maximum of 250 Fortresses and Liberators, under protection of the Eighth Air Force Mustangs, pound- ed military installations in France following a night attack on Cologne by British bombers and Mosquitoes.
 Weekend activity saw the historic
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-05-15
The W ashington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON (Lt. Col. Robert S. Allen now on active service with the ArmyD

WASHING Mt looks as though the honeymoon between Secretary of State Hull and his energetic young Undersecretary, Ed Stettinius, were over-well over.
 There have been reports for some time that things weren't going so well between them, but all doubt as to the accuracy of these reports vanished when Stettinius came back from London. Close friends say that the two men are now in about the same pistol-drawn position as Hull was with ex-Undersecretary Sumner Welles.
 The climax came when Stettinius arrived at the airport on his return from London. Michael McDermott, efficient State Department press relations chief and one of the four officials closest to Hull, met him. AS Stettinius stepped off the plane and posed for the cameramen. Mc- Dermott handed him small piece of paper.
 Stettinius held the paper inside his hat so no one could see it and read it. The paper said: Don't say anything until you see the Sec retary of State
 The Undersecretary obeyed orders. But when so important an official returns from so important a mis- sion, it is always customary to hold a press conference and. in defer ence to repeated demands, Stettinius finally did so.
 Furthermore, he talked with re- freshing frankness about his trip, about ways and means of discuss ing peace with Germany, and about other questions of vital concern to the American people. It was agreed in advance that everything should be -the-record for the time being, but that Stettinius, after checking with Hull, would release the essen tial part of his interview for pub lication
 However, when Hull saw the tram script of Stettinius' remarks, he turned thumbs down completely He decided that his frank and fortnight Undersecretary had best keept his light under a bushel. No word of what Stettinius said has been released, so far, for publica- tion
 AS one of Hull's closest advisers remarked afterwards:
 "The damn fool hasn't learned to talk without saying anything"
 NOTE Chief trouble between Hull ard Stettinius seems to be that the President calls Stettinius over to the White House much more than he does Hull.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-05-15
Air Squadron Commanded By Fairbanks Man MakeS
 Record in Central Pacific

PEARL HARBOR, May 15.-Air- craft carrier squadrons operating against Japanese bases in the Gen. tral Pacific are pilipg up impress i've records.
 One from an Independence class carrier commanded by It. Comdr. Henry L. Miller of Fairbanks, Alaska, has destroyed Al Jap planes in the air, Il on the ground and tcrpedoed two enemy heavy cruisers.
 The squadron has lost but one pilot and four others are listed as missing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-05-15

Gen. Stilwell's Burma offensive crunched forward with his Chinese capturing stronghold Il miles above Hamaing, which is Stilwell's objective.
 The Southwest Asia Command announced that the Allied forces are "inflicting on the Japanese cas- ualties which are proportionately rapidly nearing higher point than any reached in any theater where the Japanese are engaged"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-05-15
CUSTOMS INSPECTOR
 G0ES TO FAIRBANKS

Alan c. Webb, Inspector in charge of Plant Quarantine and Control Administration for the Gus toms Service, left by plane for Fair banks on official business.
 Webb recently completed an in- spection of Southeast Alaska and upon completion of his work in the Interior will return to his head quarters in New York.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-05-15
SHIMUSHU BOMBED BY
 NAVY GRAFT
Intense Antiairuaft Re- porfed Encountered in
 PredaWn Raid

WASHINGTON, May 13.-Ameri- can planes bombed prime enemy bases in the north and central Pa- cific over the weekend the Navy re- ports.
 Navy planes last Saturday hit Shimushu, Japan's northern Kuriles Island encountering intense" anti aircraft fire while making pre- dawn raid.
 Army Liberators continued a pre- longed series of attacks on Trak dumping 42 tons of bombs.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-05-15
TAR0NGYANG I5 CAPTURED BY CHINESE
Nearing Kamdign Which Is Great Objective of
 StiIweII's 5 Drive

RANDY, Ceylon, May 15.-Chin- ese troops have captured Tarongy- ang, Il miles north of Kamaign and also raided Tangpu only 28 miles north of Pyitkyina
 Kamaign is the immediate ob- jective of Stilwell's pre-monsoon of fensive.
 Chinese troops driving down Mo- gaung Valley have joined the AL lied units at Manpin, one mile south of Tarongyang.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-05-15
HERE FROM KAKE

MT. and Mrs. D. w. Lucas and Katherine V. Uhl registered at the Baranof from Rake, over the week end.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-05-15
HERE FROM HOONAH

James E. Parks, from Hoonah, is a guest at the Baranof.