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Evening star., 1944-07-04
Liberation Of Europe
Visible, Eden Says
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 4.-The begin
ming of the liberation of Europe now
is visible, Foreign Secretary An
thony Eden told . Fourth of July
luncheon of the American Society
of London.
In many lands, on many fronts,
the battle Is Joined and the liberia
ton moves forward" he said. "Eu-
rope has endured the long hours of
darkness. Now at last we see the
first streaks of dawn"
The war Is teaching "the lesson
not only of independence, but the
interdependence of peoples" Mr..
Eden declared, adding:
There is no hope for the future
OF mankind unless We accept that
independence. the rgiht to manage
our own affairs which we of the
United Nations have all at some
stage or another so hardly won. It
Is but the first step toward q volun-
tary association OF free peoples
united for the common good"
MELBOURNE, Australia, July
P).-American Independence Day
was celebrated throughout Australia
today.
Flags. pictures Of Gen. Douglas
Macarthur, luncheons, radio ad-
dresses and special prayers for the
peoples OF the United Nations con-
tributed to the observance.
In Melbourne, school childreh
Justify cheered the day at a rally
Representatives of United States
armed services, resident Americans
and delegates of various organiza-
tions gathered at a luncheon,
Evening star., 1944-07-04
u. S. to Poy Inventor
For Mine Navy Lost
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
Charles L. Lee of Portsmouth. Va,
has won his long fight for compen-
alton from the Government for loss
by naval officers in 1920 of an air.
craft-planted mine he invented and
constructed.
President Roosevelt yesterday
signed a bill to pay MI. Lee $1,000 in
satisfaction of his claim A similar
bill was vetoed by the President five
years ago on the ground that mo
Government officer or employe was
in control of the apparatus which
disappeared at sea-"
~ report on the new bill, however
said it appeared the mine was being
demonstrated from a Navy plane.
Evening star., 1944-07-04
Georgians Vote Today
In Democratic Primary
BY the Associated Press.


ATLANTA, July Georgia
Democrats combined the Fourth of
July holiday today with their pri-
mary to select nominees for the
Senate, four seats in the House and
numerous county offices.
Negro Democratic leaders planned
to attempt to vote to initiate legal
grounds for test of the party rule
which restricts balloting to white
voters only.
The first reported efforts of Ne
groes to vote were in Atlanta, where
they were rejected and left the polls
without comment.
Senator George, chairman of the
Senate Finance Committee, was op-
posed for denomination by John w.
Goolsby, Washington (Ga.) farmer
and businessman. 1t was the only
Statewide race. Six of the 10 con-
gressional races were uncontested.
A light vote from the approxi-
mately 500 900 qualified white Demo-
Gratis was expected. Nomination In
this State is equivalent to election.
Evening star., 1944-07-04
LOST.

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BILLFOLD. lady's, blue; lost in cab, Mil
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Sonal CARDS. Call after pm. Or 1880
BLACK coin purse Monday am at wash
soYs Gsf lsh Co p, 4s4s nsS
white trim. no back fender: reward
RRACELET. Sterling silver, unique chain
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CLARK. 1914 Decatur st. NV, Phone GE.
EYEGLASSES. bifocal, light plastic frames,
sunglssses hooked on. left in Willard
SOM GoTsl aye: prsd or call Miss Boucher. Wash,
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HANDBAG. initiated, brown leather: lef,
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IN Hot Shoppe;, mr.. Hishway Bridge; con-
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ss!h s! $500 sn:sts' ssth 81. to M. name
End enc white s9n sg9nnciDped tail; reward. Phone
sun CLASSES, left on desk in Room 100.
6E District aa,. .Blds., July 8, in pm. Reward
VALET, containing money and v.1usbl.
Iet and papers. MARGARET Recknaeie. "a
WALLET, mans, black, initials wv, A.
X; lost Thursday, in Brookland. D. c..
or Union station. containing $14, papers
OF value and c. gas ration book. with
tag No. 1S5-501. Reward if returned to
william A. krus. 1744 Jackson ST. ne.
WRIST WATCH. Elsin, in taxi. $500 block
Macarthur blvd Reward. Call DU. 35go
WRIST WATCH. lady's Waltham, yellow
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please phone DE. 1867 after &. Reward.
WRIST WATCH. gold. Hamilton, in ladies
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evening, June 80. Reward. RA 74l2' =
! PAIR OF SPECTACLES. in multi-coiored
case; lost Saturday evening, at Meridian
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wrist watch lost at Spring Lake Hotel
July ]. Name engraved on back Cali
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Evening star., 1944-07-04
Plan May LET Air|ines Use
Surplus Military Planes
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A commNtee which has beel
studying aircraft disposal for the
surplus war properties admins
traitor is expected to report in the
next few weeks a plan for use of
some transports by United States
airlines and distribution of less
serviceable planes to schools for
laboratory work.
The committee is headed by
Chairman L. WEIGH Pogue of the
Civil Aeronautics Board. The State,
War, Navy and Commerce Depart
ments, the Budget Bureau and De-
fense Plant Corp. have representa-
tives on the committee.
Details OF the report being pre-
pared for Will Clayton, surplus
property administrator, have been
guarded carefully. Testimony from
various sections Of the industry has
been heard in private.
Evening star., 1944-07-04
~ the Associat ted Press.

~ the ASS0clateo Ffee9.
ROME, July 4.-Benito Mussolini's
balcony hung mute and empty to-
day In the bright morning sunlight
q the same American nag which
new above the Capitol in Washing
ton when the United States declared
war on Japan, Germany and Italy
rose slowly to the mast In Rome's
Piazza Venezia.
1t was one Of the most grimly
satisfying ceremonies in the his
tory Of Americas armed forces.
Rome Is the first liberated cap
ital," Nal. Gen. Harry H. johnson,
commander OF the Rome area, de-
clared through q loud speaker. This
same nag will fly subsequently over
Berlin and Tokyo"
While bugles blared picked in
fantry units under command of
Capt. Walter McPhail, Anderson,
s. c.. stepped briskly into the quad
ransle and took up extended order
Evening star., 1944-07-04
Former French Minister
Reported Held by Nozis
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July ALBERT Sar-
raut, Minister of the Interior i.
former Premier Daladier's war caSSN
met, was arrested by the Gestapo
on June IS and has been deported
to Germany, NBC Correspondent
Paul Archinard radioed yesterday
from the French-Swiss frontier.
Sarraut. one of the few members
OF the French Radical Socialist
party left at liberty after the arrest
OF Daladier and Edouard Herriot,
former president Of the Chamber
OF Deputies. was director of the
powerful Toulouse newspaper La
Depeche.
Evening star., 1944-07-04
LOST RATION COUPONS.

"a" GAS. RATION BOOK. Mrs GLADYS
NJ. Harvllle. 1852 Allentown rd.. Washing
~ AND "B" GAS EATON BOOKS, is
sued to George P. Duvall. ia McAdoo
ave, Colmsr Manor. Md; contained in
wallet: Reward: Call TR. 775l.,
MOORE MG sos Flower ave. Takoma Park,
GAS RATION BOOK "a" issued to Will
liam Jennings Buckner, Bowie. Nd. g.
LOST. gas ration book, CA stamps. Return
to Robert S. Jones, r. F d. 3. Rockville,
RATION BOOKS NOS. 3 AND 4. issued to
r H 1nsaus, Lily K. Con. 6105 Forest
f., RxrSGdhs SGdhsverly Nd; Call WA: 5sls,
Edna and Frank Britt. 34-36 SOth St.
SescEson eHKSon Hshts;. n. Y: WI. 1865. a.
EATON EATON BOOK No. 4. issued to Thomas
ShTTnn' SShhcenan' 1899 L st. ne Ii: 4737.
3 SSAiiON BOOK NO. 4, issued to Catherine
Rorta E. nmltn; u R. r. D.. Rockville. Box SO,
WAR RATION BOOK No. ,. issued to Alic.
WI. S663. 'N'
Evening star., 1944-07-04
Penici|Iin Is Credited
With Saving Polio Victim
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WINTER PARK. Fla. July A.
Mrs. Alex Waite. wife Of a Navy
lieutenant formerly a professor at
Rollins College here and now sta
toned at Miami, credits penicillin
with saving the life Of her son,
Mosely, a poliomyelitis victim.
Mrs. Waite said her son was
stricken with infantile paralysis
seven weeks ago at Miami and his
lungs were Immediately affected.
She said Navy doctors decided to
experiment with the new drug be-
cause ne could not be removed from
an iron lung for the Kenney treat
ment.
She related that her son now is
able to walk. although he is still
required to stay abed most of the
time as precautionary measure.
Evening star., 1944-07-04
Armour Arrives to Report
On Situation in Arqentino
Ambassador Denies
knowledge Of PIon
To Keep Him Here

Norman Armour, Ambassador to
Argentina, arrived here by plane
from Buenos Aires today to make
full report to Secretary of State
Hull and possibly to President
Roosevelt on the political situation
in Argentina, where the admins
tration of Gen. Edelmiro Farrell is
carrying on what some official OBJ
servers here regard as = pro-Axis
policy.
The veteran diplomats plane
landed at Washington National Air
port shortly before 8 am. He had
arrived at Miami last night and
Immediately took another plane for
the Capital. The envoy was met by
State Department offlcials and
small group of reporters.
Weary and sleepy from his long
journey, Mr.. Armour was in no
mood for a long interview. He did,
however, deny all knowledge of pub
lished repuorts that he would re-
main here permanently to become
director of the State Departments
Office Of American Republics Az
fairs, succeeding Lawrence Duggan.
The State Department has declined
either to confirm or deny the report,
although it is known that Mr.. Dug
gan has expressed wish to resign.
May Confer Late Today.
State Department officials said
Mr.. Armour obviously needed some
rest before reporting to Secretary
Hull, although it was considered
possible the two might confer late
today.
When Mr.. Armour was summoned
home last week, the State Depart
ment said only that he was being
recalled here "for consultation. :"
However, it is known that this Gov
ernment, Great Britain and many
of the Latin American republics are
concerned over the policies of the
Farrell regime, which came into
power last January. Although, the
oretically, Argentina broke relations
with Germany and Japan shortly
before Gen. Farrell came into power,
their ENJOYS are still in Buenos
Aires and, 1t is understood here, en-
JOY full freedom of action.
Immediately after Mr.. Armour
was called home last week, Argen-
tina announced that plans were be-
ing made to send the German en-
boys home. This made little i'm
preston here, however, as it was re-
garded as a belated gesture to try
to head of further American diplo-
nihtic or economic sanctions.
Great Britain, Mexico and Peru
have joined the United States in
calling their Ambassadors home
from Buenos Aires.
Peron Disowns Speech.
The atmosphere on relations with
Argentina was further clouded yes
terday when Col. Juan Peron. Ar
gentine War Minister, said some ILL
intentioned person must have given
the State Department a spurious
text of his speech at La Plata June
10. He said it represented him as
saying things I never said"
The State Department made
available to correspondents last week
excerpts from the speech quoting
Col. Peron as saying there will be
inevitable war whether the Allies or
the Axis win the present struggle
and calling on his nation to direct
its main efforts toward preparation
for combat.
The department put out the
speech three weeks after it had been
delivered. There was no comment
today on Col. Perons remark.
Evening star., 1944-07-04
Explosion
Continued From First Page)

sons, most of them girls, who were
in a Bedford dance hall at the
time. They were treated At hos
pitals for cuts and bruises. One
girl suffered an eye injury and was
held for further treatment at Sacred
Heart Hospital.
Manchester Police Chief James F.
ONeil estimated glass damage In
that city alone at more than
$25 900.
So great was the force of the
blast that only huge crater was
left where the building stood. Trees
In the vicinity were uprooted and
tops of others sheared OF hundreds
of feet away.
Bombing Rumor Circulated.
The explosion cracked walls in
Nashua, Is miles away; drove hun
dreds from their homes in Fitch
burg, Mass, so miles distant, and
shattered windows 10 miles away in
Worcester. Mass.
For q time excited residents OF
Manchester. S miles away, milled
about the streets, thinking nearby
Grenier Field. one of New England S
important air bases, had been
bombed.
Police cruising cars, equipped with
loud speakers, drove through the
area, pleading with the people to
clear the glass; Uttered streets. On
Elm street alone, more than 100
store windows were shattered.
Milling throngs hampered the
work OF Bedford police and reserves
rushed from Manchester. and Adjt
Gen. Charles Bowen ordered out q
detail of State Guardsmen to patrol
the area near the scene of the blast
Hundreds Of Phone Calls.
For time police were unable tc
approach the vicinity of the ware
house, SO great was the confusion
Later scores Of families were Or
dered from their homes as walls
bulged dangerously from the con-
cussion
The blast occurred at HIS pm
and rumors Of an earthquake or
an enemy attack resulted in hun
dreds of telephone calls to seismo-
graph Offices, police stations and
newspaper plants.
Bedford and Manchester police
said it would be impossible to de-
termine the extent of the damage
for many hours.
Two small girls were treated at
Sacred Heart Hospital, one for cuts
and bruises and the other for shock
Hospital authorities did not identity
them.
our-year-old Ellis Atkins, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Atkins, was cut
by flying glass and treated at home
by family physician.
Investigation Opened.
All persons were barred from the
territory and an investigation was
begun into cause of the explosion.
The adjutant general said the
dynamite blasted hole Is feet deep
and about $50 feet square where the
warehouse had been. Only a few
small pieces of steel remained.
Mrs. Alvina Hould, who lives
about a quarter of a mile from the
warehouse, said she saw "a sudden
squirt of flame and then there was
a tremendous conclusion"
Windows in her home were
smashed and door castings knocked
out of line by the force of the blast
Mrs. Hould added that a large
bottle Of perfume was blown right
through the wall in the second story
and then back into front room
downstairs.
Evening star., 1944-07-04
SPECIAL NOTICES.

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payments: immediate installation, b. A.
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No. 35 on the First Morteage Bonds Of
me Washsinston Auditorium Corporation
will be paid upon presentation to the
American Security and Trust Company,
Mssnlnston. 2, G.. on and after Wednes-
day. July s. 1914. WASHINGTON AUDI.
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Evening star., 1944-07-04
|Willord Poymoster
Reports $1,275 Lost

John Joralman, 53l Peabody
street. paymaster at the Willard
Hotel. reported to police yesterday
the loss of $1,275 in cash in an
envelope accidentally brushed OH
his desk while he was working.
Two envelopes were lost, the Sec
ond containing rubber bands. The
bands were recovered after a search
of trash receptacles but no trace
was found of the other envelope or
the money.
Evening star., 1944-07-04
Roosevelt Signs Measure
To End Japs' Citizenship
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt yesterday
signed legislation to withdraw the
citizenship of japanese born in this
country whose loyalty to the enemy
makes them as japanese nationals
Attorney General Biddle said the
law was needed to deal with the
problem of 300 to 1000 japanese at
the Tulelake Relocation Center
who, he said, assert their loyalty to
the Emperor of Japan and their de-
sire to renounce their United States
citizenship and to be recognized as
japanese nationals
BY making it possible for this
group to abandon American citizen
ship. Mr. Biddle said they could
thereupon be dealt with as alien
enemies under the applicable
statutes"
Evening star., 1944-07-04
Lavarre SupportsNAM
Charge That Officials
Throttle u. ). Trade !.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
william La Varre, former Com
merce Department official, asserted
last night that some Government
ofiicials are wiping out the foreign
markets Of many American firms.
His statement followed an asser-
tion Of the National Association of
Manufacturers that American man.
ufacturers are losing their overseas
markets Is result OF secret trade
agreements" between the United
States and Great Britain.
The association, In its weekly
publication, declared q manufacturer
Of industrial betting was cut out of
an annual $200,000 to $500, 900 pre-
war export business in India by an
agreement negotiated by the Com
bined Production and Resources
Board, q wartime agency made up OF
United States, Canadian and British
representatives. The agreement, the
association said, gave English manu-
facturers exclusive rights to markets
in India.
Cites Secret Export Zones"
The NAM declared the board had
created certain export zones for the
three countries and that these zones
and the industries involved were
lone Of Washington's most cher
lshed secrets"
Mr.. La Varre, who resigned from
the Commerce Department last
February In protest against what he
called 'subversive" activities against
American business by Government
agencies, said the industrial belt
Ing manufacturer was q New Eng
land concern, but he did not identity
1t further.
The firm, he said, shipped 1910, 900
worth OF betting to India in 1943,
delivered another $4,000 worth in
the first half OF 1914, but was
blocked from completing additional
orders for $685., 900 when it was de-
MED import and export licenses by
British agents in Calcutta and
United States ofIicials In Wash
ington.
La Varre Blames 'Intercepts."
Mr.. La Varre said the British
learned Of the concerns purchases
Of raw leather in Argentina through
ONCE of Censorship "intercepts" of
letters written to Argentine agents
Copies OF the correspondence, Mr..
La Varre said, were circulated to
various Washington agencies, in
Guiding the British Embassy.
Mr.. La Varre said William L. Bait,
chairman of the Combined Re-
sources Board, who repeatedly had
denied the NAM statement, appar-
emily lis not being informed ade-
quately about some phases of the
New Deals foreign policy or interna-
tiOnal activities"
Evening star., 1944-07-04
Russia
Continued From First Paee.)

since the drive through White
Russia began June 23.
Streets Uttered With Dead.
First dispatches from Minsk by a
Red Star correspondent said the city
actually was In Russian hands by
noon yesterday. These reports said
the streets were Uttered with Ger
man corpses.
Red Star declared American-made
jeeps entered Minsk right behind
the first tanks.
Tanks, motorized infantry and
cavalry charged down the city's
brick-strewn streets as fast as they
could 60 after remnants of the Tee
ing garrison, the dispatches said
adding that the Germans, bewildered
by the force Of the Soviet offensive,
were surrendering over wide areas
to the first Russians they saw.
On one occasion a German major
and captain were said to have sur
rendered to . Russian movie cam
eraman.
Red Stars dispatch said the Ger
man garrison Of Minsk became pam
icky on the eve of the Soviet occu-
patton and that the Russian civil
ians, taking advantage of the situa-
ton. staged a bloody tnsurrection
turning on the Nazis who had kept
them In virtual captivity for three
years.
Wild Night in Minsk.
In as wild a night as Minsk ever
has seen in its long history of wars
its citizens slaughtered Germans
wherever found, Red Star said. A,
first 1t was with clubs, sticks anc
pitchforks and pokers, the CORE.
spondent wrote, but later the Ger.
mans own weapons were turnec
against them.
As the Red Army began to ham.
mer through the suburban street.
the civilians were firing on every
German they saw.
The city was reported in ruins
with very few houses remaining.
Inc Germans expected Oul
troops to take Minsk," said 1t. Col
Nikolai Prokofflev. Red Stars cor.
respondent, but they never though
it would be so quick. Therefore
they had no time to evacuate ma.
terials Of war and a large amour
of property stolen in White Russia
We seized the rich booty"
Evening star., 1944-07-04
FOUND

FURLOUGH RAILROAD TICKET. from
Washington to Philadelphia, dated June
"a; found in. vicinity of 18th and 18th
SIS, nv. Call ia. s343.
fUfrY. female. white with black face:
Iouno At New Hampshire ave. and Allison
St. nv: Silver Spring O579
66E;SiDENIS 6r;s OF Congress- Hts: and vicinity:
doned Animal Relief Headquarters. 1900
Whee!er I'd. Sc. or inquire for lost pets.
WATCH, gold lapel, found near 9TH st.
Eharyes on Monday evening WA. 1905.
Evening star., 1944-07-04
-Four With Sound Truck Talk
1000 hazis Into Outline

By the Associated Press.
SUPREME ALLIED HEADQUAR-
TERS, July -four British nom
commissioned officers, who cap
tured 1000 Germans in the Cher
bourg Peninsula with nothing more
than a sound truck, have been
awarded the Bronze Star, the first
American decoration presented to
British soldiers in Normandy.
The quartet, from a British signal
unit, had a truck equipped with
loud speakers. They were loaned
to the Americans for a particular
task.
Trained in this type of work
one spoke German-the four moved
forward. telling the Germans in
their last resisting stronghold that
their positions were hopeless.
Evening star., 1944-07-04
Chile Decorutes U.S.. Office,

SANTIAGO, Chile, July 4 (R.--
The Chilean government yesterday
presented a merit decoration to 1t.
Col. Harold Pearson of Providence,
r. l., United States assistant mill
tary attache here. who is leaving to-
day for Washington take 4 new as
signment.
Evening star., 1944-07-04

Because 50 many people contribute
their time, Office space and other
assistance, War Bond sales cost to
the Government is only one cent for
every thirty-th dollars raised.
Evening star., 1944-07-04

since the drive through White
Russia began June q.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-11-10

Practice Committee is endangered
by American Federation of Labor
opposition to the proposed prohibi-
ton against discrimination by la
Dor unions, according to a report
appearing in the newspaper PM
last week.
The story says AFL hostility to
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-11-10

regulation of unions, even to pre-
vent discrimination
Shiskin told the conference that
legislation prohibiting racial and
religious discrimination pur-
pose of the permanent FEPC bill
by unions would open the door to
much broader regulation of unions
and labor spokesman could not sup
port it. His views were attacked
from the floor of the conference