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Evening star., 1944-07-18
Yunks Hold Pivotal St. Lo Hill
For Six Days Against Ponzers

Morris stood on the outside forward
slope board and steered the tank
by reaching inside to the levers.
Finally he was able to extricate
his wounded comrades and reach
his own lines.
Particular heroism in extricating
men from tanks was also attributed
to Seret. Carl Schoerer of Lynch
burg, Va.
The hill attack was aided by good
intelligence work. 1t. Paul Jueling
of Tacoma, Wash. a German
speaking officer, obtained informa =
ton from prisoners in a state of
shock after being driven from the
houses by the PHOSPHORUS. He
found that naughty grenadier OFF,
GERS then talked freely. weeping and
pleading for mercy. where as a few
hours later they would have proved
adamant.
A German medical officer was
found armed. 1t. Jueling threat
ened him with death for this vio-
lation Of war rules. The German
medical oficer said, you are right
but must you shoot me? / ordered
my man to carry my arms. I am
just back from the Russian front
where it is customary. l do not fear
to die. Germany will triumph"
Twenty Germans emerged from
one house after PHOSPHORUS shell
exploded within. They were led by
an oh1cer with a streamer of toilet
paper tied to a stick as a nag OF
truce. Stocks of baby clothes and
women's silk underwear were found
in evacuated houses. 1t is believed
the Germans were preparing fol
their departure by packing all the
loot they could gather.
Evening star., 1944-07-18
Navy Tug Saves
Ship's Cook After
| 3-Hour Swim
By the Associated Press.


MIAMI. Fla. July lS. Ships
Cook c. c. Mitchell OF Atlanta was
safe in a hospital here yesterday
after swimming without life
jacket in rough seas for three hours
before dawn.
The Coast Guard described his
rescue as one that would happen
"once in hundred thousand"
Mitchell, cook on the small
freighter Arrow, bound from Ha-
vana to Jacksonville, fell overheard
about am. as the craft wallowed
through running seas of the
Florida coast. The Arrow continued
on its way, unaware it had lost a
man.
A Navy tug nearly ran down the
still swimming cook at $50 am. The
tug put about. Unanswered into po-
sition and took Mitchell on board.
A Coast Guard speed boat rushed
him to the hospital, along with one
OF the tugs crewmen, Seaman A. G.
Cassola. who suffered a heart at
tack during the rescue operation.
Evening star., 1944-07-18

the explosion. 1t was like a clap of
thunder almost deafening
None of us had any idea of what
happened"
Most of Injured Dazed.
The Contra Costa sheriff's office.
quoting telegraph lineman who
witnessed the explosion from a mile
away, said a sheet of light blazed
across the sky followed instantly by
two terrific blasts.
DR.. Hardie Wallace at the Martinez
Hospital said most of the injured
sailors he was caring for were too
daZed to give clear accounts of what
had occurred.
Most of them were in their hunks
at the time and the only thing they
knew is that they were hurt" he
said.
Martinez, town of 10000 popu-
lation 10 miles from the blast scene,
teamed with activity as ambulances
brought in the injured.
Virtually every window in Mar
tinez was broken. The business
streets were Uttered with Jagged
fragments of plate glass. Window
less stores were piles of debris
glass and plaster and shelved goods.
Auxiliary police warned against
looting.
Evening star., 1944-07-18
Unusually Light Vote
Expected in Montana

BY the Associated Press.
HELENA. Mont. July lS.-An
unusually light vote was expected
In Montanas primary today with a
three-way race for the Democratic
gubernatorial nomination appearing
to be tossup.
Interest in the campaign has CEN
tered chiefly on the Democratic
gubernatorial nomination. In the
contest are former Gov. Roy E
Ayers, Lewistown rancher and 9
former member of Congress; Su.
preme Court Justice Left Erickson
and Chairman Austin B. Middleton
Of the State Railroad Commission
In the Republican primary, Gov
Sam Ford was a heavy favorite tt
win denomination. His opponent i
former Representative Thorkelson o.
Butte.
Evening star., 1944-07-18
Chicago Financier
May Hold Key 10
Monetary Farley

by the Associated Press.
BRETON WOODS, N. H., July
l8.-On the shoulders of American
delegate Edward Brown appeared
today to rest possibly large share
of the ultimate fate of the United
Nations monetary conference.
From the outset, the one under
lying question has been What will
the American Congress do with these
plans?" Admittedly the emerging
proposals for an $500 ,OOO, 900 cur
rency and trade stabilization fund
and a $4,000 900 900 international
bank could not be carried out in the
absence of United States participa- =
ton.
Inevitably, however, observers.
seeking an answer to that question
ran into another: Can the pre-
ponderantly critical opinion OF
American banking circles be re-
versed or modified?"
Brown Viewed as Sympathetic.
Mr.. Brown. president OF Chicago S
First National Bank, may have
much to do with providing both an
sWers. He Is a member of the i'm.
portant policy framing Finance
Committee of the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States. sits on
the Economic Policy Commission
Of the American Bankers Associa-
ton, and is president of the Ad-
Fvisory Commission of the Federal
Reserve system. Regarded gener-
ally as sympathetic toward the plans
coming out of the conference, the
financier stands virtually alone in
that respect among leading bankers
The conference plunged back into
its work today after having taken
a day of yesterday-f1rst break
since 1t convened July l. The respite
was made possible by a decision to
delay final adjournment from Wed
nesday until Saturday to take the
pressure of technical stats.
"Crisis" Overcome.
A crisis had developed yester-
{ : when it was decided to delay
adjournment. The management OF
the Mount Washington Hotel. which
is sold out for the remainder of the
season starting Thursday, took the
position it would be impossible to
hold of its guests.
Conference officials and the hotel
management conferred, and finally
Michael J. McDermott, chief press
officer, announced the management
had agreed to the extension. Then
hundreds of kilograms were sent to
prospective guests advising them to
postpone their arrival here until
next Monday.
That meant canceling train reser-
vations, and the hotels telegram
said the Government had given as
surance that every effort will be
made, compatible with the conduct
of the war, to facilitate transporta-
ton to Breton Woods for those
guests who will be obliged to give
up reservations
Evening star., 1944-07-18
Arizonans Vote Toda,
In Quietest Primary
In State S History
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
PHOENIX, Ariz.. July 18.-Ari-
zonians were voting today in the
quietist party primaries in State
history.
They are selecting candidates for
Senator, two Representatives at
large and q full slate of State ON
GERS. More than 148 900 are qualified
to vote, $4,000 Of them registered
as Democrats.
In the Senate Democratic race,
Carl Hayden, 66-year-old native
who has served Arizona In Con-
gress since Statehood In 1912, first
In the House and since 1926 In the
Senate, is opposed by 45-year -old
Joe Conway, completing his fourth
term as attorney general. and Hen
derson Stockton, Phoenix attorney
The incumbents, John r. Muir
dock, serving his fourth term, and
Richard F. Hairless, completing his
first term, are seeking to return
to Congress on the Democratic
ticket. Third man in the race is
William Petersen, member of the
State Corporation Commission and
former State legislator.
Gov. Sidney p. Osborn is seeking
the Democratic nomination for a
third term and is opposed by Will
liam E. Coxon. Casa Grsnde rail-
road employe and former State SEN
ator.
The Republicans have only one
contest-for the gubernatorlal NOM
ination. Jerrie w. Lee, Phoenix
businessman, who has carried the
COP banner in the last three elec-
tions, is opposed by Harry F.
Michael, prominent citrus grower.
Evening star., 1944-07-18
Hague Is Entertained
Al Luncheon by Kelly
By the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, July 18.-Mavor Frank
Hague of Jesey City, N. j., and Mayor
Edward J. Kelly Of Chicago, leaders
OF two powerful State delegations to
the Democratic National Convention
lunched together yesterday, but il
they talked about the vice presiden-
tial situation they kept it to them
selves.
Mayor Hague and his deputy. John
Malone. were guests of Mayor Kelly
at the Chicago Club.
Later Mayor Hague, accompanied
by Mr.. Malone, attended a meeting
OF the Democratic National Com
mittee, of which Mayor Hague is a
member.
Mayor Hague. like Mayor Kelly. a
strong supporter OF President Roose-
welt, has indicated the New JERSEY
delegation will support for the place
the choice of the President.
Other members of the New jersey
delegation active yesterday were
Representative Mary T. Norton and
former Attorney General David T,
Wilentz, who sat in hearings of the
Resolutions Committee as New Jer-
tsey's representatives.
Evening star., 1944-07-18
Ship Explosion Recalls
Black Tom and Halifax
Blasts in World War

The munitions ship explosion at
Port Chicago, Calf, recalls two of
the great explosions of the World
War
On December 6, 1917, two ships,
one loaded with munitions. collided
in the harbor of Halifax, Nova
Scotia. The explosion and resultant
fire killed 1883 persons, injured 1000
and made 10000 others homeless.
Some 1900 buildings were destroyed
and 10000 damaged, and 325 acres
of the city were laid waste.
The famous Black Tom explosion,
in which only three persons were
killed, but which caused heavy
damage, occurred at 2 am. on
the morning of July 30, 1916,
when $50 carloads of explosives watt
ing on the docks of the Lehigh Valley
Railroad at Jersey City blew up.
Across the Hudson River in New
York City more than a million dol
lars, damage was done by shattering
glass. Total damage has been esti-
mated at more than $22,000,000.
School Explosion Costly.
One of the Nations most costly
explosions was a gas blast in New
London tTeXD schoolhouse March
l8, 1887, in which 455 school children
and teachers were killed.
Prior to last nights explosion, the
United States most disastrous ship
blast in recent years occurred Janu-
sry 3, 1914, when the destroyer Tur-
ner blew up at the entrance of lower
New York Bay.
The exact death toll has not been
disclosed, but the Sc Naval District
public relations ONCE said more
than 100 lives were lost" A total of
l54 were saved.
More than Is persons were killed
in an ammunition explosion at the
Norfolk tVa) Naval Ait Station
September II. l943.
Major munitions explosions in the
last % years include:
May 8. 19l8-l0O killed at plant Of
Aetna Chemical Co. near Pittsburgh.
October 5, l9l8-Nearly 100 killed
at Gillespie Loading Co.'S Morgan
IN. J) plant.
Lightning Causes Heavy Damage.
July 10. l926-Twenty-one killed
and s50.OO0OOO worth Of damage
caused when lightning struck a
naval ammunition depot OF Lake
Denmark, N. J.
September II, l940.-Fifty killed
and more than 100 injured in explo-
sion at Hercules Powder Plant.
Kenvil, N. J.
March Is, 1942-More than 80
killed in explosion of 20 tons of
dynamite Eat limestone quarry near
Easton, Pa.
On May IS, 1929, 100 persons were
killed when an X-ray film exploded
in Cleveland hospital clinic. filling
the building with gas
Evening star., 1944-07-18
Britain Seeks Agreement
On Return 10 Peace 0utpu
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. July l8.-Hugh Dalton
economic warfare minister, informed
Commons today that Britain was
trying to obtain an agreement with
the United States to regulate the
industrial switch from wartime to
peacetime production.
Questions and answers disclosed
disturbed feelings about markets
IN view of the efforts of United
States War Production Chief Dom
aid M. Nelson to permit American
industry to return partly to produc-
ton of civilian goods.
Dalton, who also is president OF
the Board of Trade, said war pro-
duction still would come first in
Britain but that the government,
was prepared to consider requests
from British manufacturers to ore
pare for peacetime production.
Our limited resources now are
heavily strained by the claims OF
urgent war production" he said.
Evening star., 1944-07-18
LOST.

10Y SCOUT BEDDING ROLL, pillow,
Marlboro and Camp Roosevelt. MI, o21o
sRACELET. whit. sold. set with small
diamonds. July IL or II. Reward. TR
sRoocH: CHI old q a shioned ch.tsline, diamond
sentimentsl e ea yalue. HS ReS.rd' g. Cali WA. s44s
knss Fd 70 sun The cep psPR sGne H% chah
ssWIr ss,a Rhon, .v Wo mnd.i sals Isl i.t,
in taxi at, Union Station July 9th: nlms
sentimental value; suitable reward: Box
61-T, Star, or call Republic $780, Ext
DOG. Irish terrier, male. reddish brown
color: lost in the vicinity OF Shso Psrk
Of o "casey. n,s Phone he, NJ Il. 1858. Reward
TARRING, set with seed pearls. at Shore:
hs aH!f d p Tras, nsn to evan ST
EYMEiGlAssEs, EYE in green cas-. Of Teuni,
lnaI opllesl Co. lSs5 Sd in 5es vicinity 18th ane
T,aii fTRATERNIrY Pin Pin OF Of husband in servic,
sentlmeRts value iop 10 mf
rMnAriRS11Y m M FeFnSd riS omielo1 ne nh fSS o.t
RsTnrd SEn on MISS fss'es. cAn1AaAs or In hS
case with name Of "Dunscombe. Bristol,
PfSSsol, RSars july i1 i, .n reward VI s OF
KEY CASE. black; Containing 3 keys
drivers license and registration card a
Marine concert. Reward. CHI. 1000
KEY RING with sbou. 5 keys, igs ineludln.
MONEY, roll Of bills, lost on Pa. ave. OIL
in taxi after midnisht Tuesday; none!
badly nssds9 Reward oTdTss Th 4$l
Ewing folders, about 'x9; probably los
on Conn. ave. nr. Mass. CHI. 321s. Re.
POCKETBOoK, conta lining. ST and som.
chanse KEYS. pair of beads and prayer
book: lost between Eye and SITS. on NORTH
pe.rsss ST. NV, for reward Of So. la.
POODLE. male, white, clipped tags ,6lc
and and 11n7os: 10 80" near Blaekthorn and Conn
RING. small diamond and sapphire. abou
weeks ago. Cali after ':3O pm, MI
SIGMA CHI FRATERNITY PIN. name &c
Fur COAT, sable. black muskrat; lost Fri
DAY afternoon in st. stores. Reward
SKIRT to new suit, green. Saturday. dS5 smal a,
,sEs ,sssrI p,,,E PISS Es call L. 1902 ask to-
WALLET. brown, money and receipts
drivers license, car regis refistrstion noa and a
section. Reward. Call Du' ss5s sfts
WALLET. ladys. buckskin, red, white ant
change, etc. Reward. DE. 605S.
WALLET, brown, initiated "A. NJ. r."
money and valuable receipts, registration
card and permit A good reward. ia. 445S
WATCH: lady's. gold. pin-on, with tove
spray; 14th NV near L. Reward. Cal
RE OO24 or MA. $3.50, Mr.. Purdy. 20
WATCH, Waltham. left in telephone booth
drusstore; Penna ave. and 9TH st. NV
WEDDING RING, platinum, surrounded b!
diamonds, initiated on side .,E. SIN. H
X" date "S-2-37': lost at North Beach
Md. on July l5 OF. Is. Reward. Ewes.
NO. $500: days, MA 1443.
WRIST WATCH. lady's. white gold. Swis
make. initials "E. NJ. W." on case. Lib
eral reward. HC. 279s.
WRIST WATCH. woman's yellow gold, will
eold bracelet; reward. Phone HO. $685.
WRIST WATCH. yellow sold. with cor.
band. nurses, at Capitol band concert
July Y. pm; urgently needed. Revart
WA 1862 after o pm. 49,
WRIST WATCH-smali gold wrist watcl
on leather cord, lost between gath ant
22nd sts. on Mass. ave. NV. $50 reward
Call DU. 1888
WRIST WATCH. lady's white gold. Bulova
with rhinestone bracelet. lost eve. July Is
extreme sentimental value: reward. AT
JIoS
Evening star., 1944-07-18
Nearby Farms Seek Aid
OF Youths, Vacationists

To relieve a shortage of labor
needed by Maryland and Virginia
farmers and orchard owners to
harvest crops, John Jones. district
supervisor of emergency farm labor,
sent out call for boys over IA years
of age and vacationists.
The apple and peach crops will be
next to the heaviest in history. he
said. Conditions of employment
may be learned by getting in touch
with Mr.. Jones at District 1000, ex-
tension 378.
Evening star., 1944-07-18
LOST RATION COUPONS.

"A" GAS EATION COUPON BOOK, issuet
to joseph X. Lagos. r. d. 3. Boonsburg
Pa: license No. Pa. 9-E-I16. UN. 6O68
1850 Lamont ST. NV.
GAS RATION en- COUPON, issued t.
Marion o'Donnell. $500 @ st. NV. Lie
GAS RATION sooK "a" issued to Loui,
L. johnson, 1872 18th st. Sc. Call Ii
RtAfioN BOOKS J. 2. , AND 4. issued te
Frances Boges. care of Ambassador Hotel
l4l2 K st. NV.
ct" GAS RATION BOOK. No. 46a6s2
WAR RATION BOOK - issued to Rich.
arc Allen Jacobs OF Ills C st. Sc. FR
War VAR RATION BOOK NO. 3. issued te
Juanita M. Tilshman OF 1910 Banner
St, Brentwood. Md. UN: 5089.
Evening star., 1944-07-18
Nearly Every House
Wrecked in Town
7 Miles From Base
~ the Associated Press,

~ the Associated Press.
PORT CHICAGO, Calf. july 1s
The $500 residents of this town
today began to piece together their
share of the tragedy which ripped
the Port Chicago Navy ammunition
depot z miles distant.
None was known dead here. But
the conclusion had wrecked nearly
every house and inflicted minor in
juries on hundreds. This is the
nearest community to the Navy
base.
At dawn some OF the residents
who had remained overnight began
to inspect the wreckage. Many
stood in q chill wind and repeated
again and again:
I'VE thought 1t was the JapS
bombing us. We were sure We were
going to get it,
Newspapermen were not allowed
to visit the water front where wit
nesses said the dock had been torn
away.
All along the road to Port Chicago
were chunks of twisted metal, parts
Of the exploded ships.
In the town itself larger bits Of
metal had landed. One piece OF
deck. weighing probably 300 pounds,
was imbedded at the side OF a street.
Nearby valve had torn hole six
inches deep in the asphalt.
Houses had been smashed inward.
Splintered doors lay in the middle
of living rooms; glass shattered
beds; furniture was wrecked. Frame
houses had twisted on their founda-
tions and some had buckled in the
middle.
One wall of the Port Chicago
Theater had been torn of partially
The blast came amid bombing
sequence in a picture-"China."
The front end of a two-story hotel
sank inward dejectedly. Every win
dow was gone. Plaster had fallen
on the deserted desk.
Behind 1t q row of stores. shops
and bars all were windowless. In
one Of them policeman was play
ing a slot machine and losing.
Nearby fireman swept up the glass
in the firehouse
He paused to remark, II had a
friend in the base. l won't know for
a long while, guess, how he came
out"
Most residents moved in with
friends of hospitable householders
in nearby. towns where conclusion
had shattered most plate-glass win
dows without causing injury.
Today Port Chicago was subdued
and quiet. Only handful of police
remained on duty against looting.
Residents went about their affairs
quietly The main street had been
swept clean of it's glass and litter.
Evening star., 1944-07-18
Invasion
Continued From First Page,

the Allies artillery barrage contin-
ued to thunder. The long-awaited
summer weather arrived and huge
clouds of dust rose as tanks and
big guns wheeled into battle.
The British drive down the road
to Villiers- -Bocage, Is miles south
west of Caen. battered the crumbling
Nazi lines in the Vendes and Meyers
sector and then to the high ground
about half a mile southeast of
Evrecy. Tanks and crack infantry
units of both sides wove in and
out of billowing clouds of dust.
Evening star., 1944-07-18
Weather Report

District of Columbia -Considera-
BILE cloudiness today and tomorrow
with occasional sprinkles of rain
Moderate temperature with high in
low 80s and low near 68.
Maryland-Partly cloudy with
moderate temperature. Widely scat
tered light showers tonight and to-
morrow.
Vlrginia-Mostly cloudy with
showers and thunderstorms tonight
and tomorrow. Moderate tempera-
ture.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
clear at Harpers Ferry. Potomac
clear at Great Falls.
Evening star., 1944-07-18
Britain Unwilling to Tell
Armistice Terms Yet
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSoClated Press.
LONDON. July l8.-Sir John An
derson, chancellor of the eXchequer,
told Commons today 1T is not yet
time" to publish any armistice terms
agreed on by the Allies for Axis foes.
He replied for the government to
demand by Aneurin Bevan. Labor
ite member of Parliament, for pub
lication. Bevan assailed the phrase
unconditional surrender" agreed on
by President Roosevelt and Prime
Minister Churchill at Casablanca.
Evening star., 1944-07-18
FOUND

GAS TANK CAP with q bunch Of keys
found on 18th 1t. below Constitution ave.
Owner may have BY describing same. 4O4
& st. ne. after pm.
RESIDENTS OF Congress Hts. and vicinity:
brine abandoned animals to the Aban-
doned Animal Relief Headquarters, 5000
Wheeler I'd: Sc. Or INQUIRE for lost pets.
Atlantic 71@2.
Evening star., 1944-07-18
Report for Last - Hours.
Record for Last - Hour,

Record for Last II Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon todayD
Highest, S5, 4:10 pm. Year aso, 50.
Lowest, 81. $40 am. Year ago, "A.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, QS, on June is.
Lowest, II, on January 8.
Evening star., 1944-07-18

Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast ana
Geodetic Survey)
Evening star., 1944-07-18

Humidity for Last Fl Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon todsy.)
Evening star., 1944-07-18
ADvERrIsRlENT.
Acid Indigestion
Relieved n 8 .siautss q
A.An> A>>l

dsubls year neosy back
Whsn ssesss sto9seA sctd sssso eaiaful. suRsest.
Vnpto0aaio rstisf-Dodietnss liks tnhe = Dsll. l.ans
TsAists. No lsxative Dsll- ans brings ooa1est IN
y =. 2se st ell drvggista
Evening star., 1944-07-18

The Sun and MseI
Evening star., 1944-07-18

All in one tank crew were killed
or wounded except Corpl. Dwaine
Morris OF Gernia, Nebr. The tank
turret jammed. The enemy was on
all sides. Trapped In a sunken road,
maneuvering was impossible. The
drivers view was cut of. Corpl.
Evening star., 1944-07-18

Rises. Sets
Sun, today 5:57 S:3l
Sun, tomorrow 5:67 S3l
Moon, today = 4:26 am. 7:25 pm
Automobile lights must be turned or
one-haH hour after sunset
Rfeeipitatian
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-05-12
Victory Garden
 Pointers Given By
 Extension Service

rate Of ounce of gum to ounces of water Grind calomel thoroughly In mortar with gum solution to make a thick paste. Add paste to stated volume of water with enough gum solution to equal 1 ounce of gum for each ounce of calomel. Many growers use calomel at the rate Of 8 or 4 ounces to each gallon of water. This procedure insures satisfactory control with a single application. If this method is used special care should be taken to pre- pare the seedbed before treating to guard against excessive run-off and tc insure that the bulk of the ma terial is absorbed by the soil ad- jacent to the plants. Mixtures of calOmel and gum arabic are handled by the trade.
 Seed coated with calomel-Moist- en pound of seed with F ounces Of the stock solution of gum arabic as described above. Thoroughly coat mOistened seed with calomel, allow ing from to E pounds of calo- mel to each pOnud of seed. Sow seed heavily, covering lightly with soil so that the calOmel will be as near surface as possible. This is not as effective as the foregoing measures and should be used only where the insect is moderately destructive.
 Control in the Field
 Calomel suspension - Corrosive sublimate when used on early cab bage. even at a dilution of 1 ounce to 10 gallons of water, may under some conditions delay the harvest 1 ing date appreciably. For growers who may be prejudiced against the use of corrosive sublimate, calomel has proved a very useful substitute since it does not appear to retard growth even when excessive appli- cations are made. A suspension of calOmel may be used at the same rate and in the same way as cor Tosivs sublimate, or by increasing the amount of calomel to or 4 | ounces in 10 gallons of water, as described for the seedbed. satisfac- tory control may be secrued with 1 but a single application.
 For paper discs, slit half way through to slip over the stems of the plants. are effective in repelling