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Evening star., 1944-03-02
Constantine Br01V1s

Dnieper and requires huge stocks OF war
material and large bodies Of men. A
setback due to lack Of preparations
might prove disastrous to all concerned,
they pointed out.
The Russian generals apparently
realized the situation and were partly
responsible for the fact that Stain
agreed to postpone the offensive until this
year. But this is said to have been the
last concession on the part Of the Soviet
leader. It is said in responsible quarters
that he agreed to meet President Roose-
welt and Prime Minister Churchill at
Teheran principally to put In black and
white their formal promise that the
offensive would start at given date in
1874.
Ever since the end of the conference
there has been no second front" propa-
ganda from Moscow or from British and
American groups which have been voicing
the views and wishes of Moscow in the
United States and Britain. It was taken
for granted by all that the second front
would be opened according to schedule.
The fact that the question has been
revived once more brings political spec
ulations as to the meaning of the new
Soviet verbal offensive" The issue has
not been discussed much In the United
States recently because it entered phase
in which any discussion might be HARM
full to military security. But 1t can be
said that there are no indications that
Mr.. Churchill, on whose shoulders rests
the responsibility of starting military
operations across the Channel, wishes to
go back on his pledges. The Kremlin
must realize this as well as Washington.
Hence political observers wonder why
Moscow has resumed the second-front
talk and can find no plausible explana-
ton for 1t.
Evening star., 1944-03-02
Russio's Terms to Finland


respects. In the first place. it is
the first time that contact between
the Russian and Finnish govern
ments has been publicly acknowl-
edged. Secondly, Moscow denies
rumors that it had demanded either
Flnland'S unconditional surrender
or general occupation of Finland
by Russian troops.
However, the terms laid down in
the Russian communique do not
constitute an offer either of peace
or even of an immediate armistice.
They amount merely to what may
be called a "pre-view" of an
armistice. The cessation of hostil-
tiles between the two countries must
be preceded by Finland's doing GER
tain specific things, the first of
which is extremely difficult to &C
complish. This is to break relations
with Germany and intern all Ger
man troops and ships in Finland
There are supposed to be fully
100000 German troops in Finland,
concentrated mostly in the extreme
north, in or about the Arctic port
OF Petsamo. Those troops are in
direct contact with the large Ger
man garrisons In Northern Norway,
while most of the Finnish Army is
concentrated on the southeastern
border. The Finnish Army would
have to move 500 to TOO miles over
slender communications to accom-
plish their mission, even if the Ger
mans remained passive. Moscow
suggests that Soviet troops be in
vited in to do the job if Finland
considers the task beyond her
powers" which is almost certain to
be the case; end that is just what
the Firms dread exceedingly. It
would tend to make Finland a Sec
ond Italy and would end with Rus
sian troops in great numbers on
much of Finland's soil.
Another hard prerequisite is the
re-establishment of the status of
1910 and the withdrawal of Finnish
troops beyond those frontiers. This
means the surrender of vital
strategic positions on the southern
and eastern borders, plus reoceu-
patton of Hangoe, the western key
to the Gulf of Finland. Military
students were generally agreed after
the peace of 1910 that this had
placed Finland virtually at Russia's
mercy. And, of course, it should be
understood that this time the Firms,
by acceding, would get. not peace,
but merely an armistice as prelude
to peace negotiations. Moscow
would thus be in a position to put
forward any terms it chose, because
the Firms would then be incapable
of effective resistance.
Looking beyond technical points,
the larger issue boils down to one
OF Finland's belief in Russia's Mti-
mate intentions. Undoubtedly the
Firms realize their desperate situa-
ton and long to get out of a vir-
tually hopeless position on terms
which give them reasonable ex-
pectation of preserving their ma
tional existence and way of life.
But fear and distrust of Soviet
Russia go deep, and the Firms are a
stubborn folk. If they believe that
this is merely a maneuver to disarm
them first in order to crush them
more easily later. they may prefer
to fight on with the slender hope of
salvaging more by the general
course of events. The outcome of
the present diplomatic moves thus
remains uncertain.
Evening star., 1944-03-02

attack. If it fails it
may just possibly
prove to be the final
G erm an effort t.
There are several
reasons for suggest
ing this, none of
them at all conclu-
sive, but taken to-
gether they are at
least persuasive.
First, the weather.
The Germans have
had the devils own
luck in the matter
of weather. Rain
and low-lying clouds
Evening star., 1944-03-02

in which he empha-
sized the terrific
punishment OF Ger
many by air rather
than the prospective
invasion OF Western
Europe. Mr.. Church
ill's ech was
interpreted by the
German propaganda
m a C h Inc as an
undercover warning
that the second front
may be postponed.
The Russians we're
quick to react. In
answering President
Evening star., 1944-03-02

Mr.. C h ur C hill S
speech of last week
showed up the en-
barrassed twitter-
ings which so often
pass for discussion
of the issues among
us. I do not exclude
t he manner in
which Mr.. RoOSe-.
welt himself SO
often beats a breezy
path from the beat
itudes to the plati-
tudes, and back
again.
We seem to be in
Evening star., 1944-03-02
Wants Helpless Helped

TO CHe Ed1tor OF The Star:
II the Government social experiment
talists want to do some spending that
really will be of benefit, then they
might consider providing income for the
needy OF the following four classes: Old
people. widowed women with small chill
dren, orphaned children and physically
disabled people
Such people are unable to provide for
themselves and could use some of the
billions that are being sduandered on
so-called social experiments" There
Is no point in helping those who do not
need help. J.J. SPERRY
Woodstock, Va,
Evening star., 1944-03-02

Many Of our young soldiers will
return unscathed and in fine physi-
cal condition. It is thought that
some of them may be agile enough
to get clear across Pennsylvania
avenue at certain intersections
while the lights spell out Walk"
Evening star., 1944-03-02
Fair Inference
rom the st. Louis Post Dispatch.

From the B. Louis Post Dispatch.
st. Louis spiritualist, who was wooed
and won by man whom she assisted in
receiving messages" from his dead wife,
Is suing for divorce. She is not, one
gathers from the charges, q happy
medium.
Evening star., 1944-03-02

BY report, general evacuation
from Latvia to Germany has been
stopped by the NaziS, on the ground
that they are spreading an uniden-
titled epidemic in the Reich. Pos
sibly 1t is democracy.
Evening star., 1944-03-02

The Germans are making another
attempt to wipe out the Anzio beach,
head. 1t seems likely that this will be
determined and perhaps prolonged
Evening star., 1944-03-02

The war between Congress and the
White House has broken out in another
direction. The Senate Agriculture SUBJ
committee, investigating the Rural Elec-
Evening star., 1944-03-02

I don't know, but it seems to me that
the mood of public discourse in this
country has become one of unwhole-
some silence tempered by baby-talk.
Evening star., 1944-03-02

Official and unofficial dispatches from
Moscow indicate the highest Soviet
leaders may have misunderstood Prime
Minister Churchills speech Of last week
Evening star., 1944-03-02

Household hint: For battering a
swastika and then cutting it to
pieces, a hammer and sickle are
very handy tools.
Evening star., 1944-03-02
Rough on Rutions
From the Pittsburgh Press

From the PittsburHh Press.
Some people are afraid the new ra.
ton tokens will wreck the slot machines.
But many . slot machine has wrecked
the weeks rations,
Evening star., 1944-03-02

Nazis surrounded by the Russians
at Smela also have learned. the
hard way, that isolation does not
paY
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-06
Gen. de GauIIe'S Niece
Sold Out by Student

PARIS. Dec. 5 INS) Cen. de
Gaulle's 20-year-old niece Gene
We've. active member of the under
ground movement, was sold out
to the geStapo by medical stu
dent and deported 10 Germany. II
was testified IN a Paris court.
That revelation was made by
former Police Inspector Bony. sec
ond-in-command OF the geStapo
gang. l. of whose members are
on trial on charges of betraying
anti-NaLi Frenchmen 10 the Ger
mans.
Bony said medical student
named Marongin. who turned
traitor, handed over TO him a list
of the names Of the patriots in
exchange for 100. 900 francs.
Bony arrested Gen. dc Gaulle's
niece AZ a shop where the under
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-06
I Dance Studio
Girls Missing

A warrant was recommended
today by Assistant Prosecutor
Frank Valenti against ls-year-old
Mary Pilon OF 249O0 Princeton,
Dearborn, on charges OF con-
tributing 10 the delinquency OF a
minor. Police have been unable
10 locate Miss Pilon.
Absorbing 10 Policewoman Le-
Verne Young. Miss Pilon obtained
q false birth certificate for To-
year-old runaway girl 10 work
6Nith her As a hostess IN a dance
idio at 4l09 Woodward. a COM
Faint against the l6-year-old has
been filed with juvenile authorl-
ties.
This is the first complaint arts
Ing from the womens division
chief EleonOre HutzelS campaign
against Justification OF birth GER
tIficateS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-06
Gas Station Closed
On Bogus Tab Count

The gas station at S005 f. Eight
Mile road was closed today for
10 days by OPA Hearing Officers
James S. Kennary after a showing
that the operator Michael LOche
accepted counterfeit coupons for
! go gallons of gas between June
and September last.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-06
Produce Dealer Freed
In Price CeiIinq Suit

A price ceiling suit filed by the
OPA against Ben Swartz e. Sons
fruit and vegetable dealers operat-
ing at the Union Produce Terminal
was dismissed by Federal Judge
O'Brien.
The firm. charged with violating
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-06
Police Clear Suspect
In Sarkesian Staying

Police said today that James
Bommarito, %, of S716 Moffett,
arrested yesterday as a suspect
in the underworld Staying of Eddie
Sarkesian. had no connection with
the shooting Of the former pugiliSt.
Bommarito is being held for
investigation of robbery armed in
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-06
Warwick Castle Sunk

LONDON. Dec. 5 INS)--The
liner Warwick Castle. once known
to thousands of travellers, was
sunk by a German submarine in
1912. Reuters reported today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-06

connection with the $50. 900 holdup
of the Burton Jewelry Co, 40 w.
Grand River. A former pal of
SarkeSian, he was arrested as the
result of an anonymous letter sent
90 Inspector George NoSworthy.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-06
Pension Hearing Set

A hearing on the proposed re-
vision of the Detroit teachers re-
tirement pension system was set
today by the common council for
1920 a. m. Dec. 10.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-06

ground organization held meet
ingS.
Gen. de Gaulle's niece is now
in a camp for political deportees
in the Berlin region. and it was
stated IN court that she Is re-
garded as hostage by the Ger
mans
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-06
Times Photo

the ceiling in the sale Of Cali
fornia pears, pleaded successfully
that the pears in question were
governed by ceilings other than
those specified in the OPA suit.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-06
B-2qERS' SAIPAN CLUB

B-29 pilots passing the time between bOmbngs of
Tokyo in the Bar Flies Club their Manhattan Of the
Maranas at Saipan, that's up to date, including pnups.
Evening star., 1944-03-26
With BILL ACKERMAN.

There has been no comment from
the guiding powers Of the Fish and
Wildlife Service anent the creation
Of sportsmen's advisory board to
annually bring their ideas regarding
wild waterfowl shooting regulations
to the forefront.
Sportsmen favor the plan, point
ing to the distant past when, after
a fashion, there was such a COM
mittee. We would like to see the
Federal authorities concur, for the
right kind of an advisory board
would get good results. Perhaps ii
would make possible a more nearly
satisfactory Zoning system and keer
down the number of complaints. II
would mean at least that sports
mems needs were being considered
by persons sympathetic with theil
problems. 1t also would prevent the
average duck hunter from breaking
laws to which he cannot whole
heartedly subscribe because he hao
no part in making them.
In view of the present disregard
of shooting regulations, and it ha;
reached staggering proportions, il
certainly would be worth trying
There is no doubt that the great
majority of sportsmen want to CO.
operate in bettering conditions.
Evening star., 1944-03-26
Dodds, HuIse Invited
For Penn Meet Mile

PHILADELPHIA, Mar. 25.-H
Jamison Swarts, manager of the an
nual Pennsylvania Relay Carnival
has invited Gilbert Dodds, world
record-breaking indoor miller, and
Bill Hulse, who ran a brilliant 4:06-
mile outdoors last summer, to COM
pete in a special race on April 20.
In the event that the two out
standing mile stars in the country
accept the invitation, Swarts plans
to invite two or three other dis
tance runners to compete against
them. Gerald Karver, Penn States
brilliant miller, now in the Army
and Win Emlett, former Franklin
and Marshall champion, also a SOL
dier, would be available
Glenn Cunningham holds the
Franklin Field record of 4:1l.8 made
in 1943 in a special race in which
Gene Venzke finished second.
Dodds never has run on Franklin
Field but Hulse as a member OF
New York US relay teams, COM
peted on the historic track three
times. Karver and Emlett both ran
here last year, the former as Penn
State anchor man on two relay
teams and the latter in the 2-mile
special
More than 200 colleges, prep and
high schools and military posts
either have sent in entries for the
two-day meet or have accepted the
invitation
Evening star., 1944-03-26
Anocostio, Langley Boys Bowl
To Playground Championships

Winners Of last years junior boys
playground bowling championship,
Anacostia youngsters yesterday at
Lucky Strike stepped up notch to
gain the senior title with a score OF
1,570 while Langley rollers carried
off the junior laurels with l ,429 in a
record turnout of more than $50 lads
representing so of the city's recre-
ational centers.
Flashing top scores of lat and 381,
tall Bob Lamon of Sherwood and
all-high baseball and basket ball
star Of Eastern, emerged with the
senior individual championship over
Charley Sellers, jr., of Twin Oaks,
who fred 127 and 357. Twin Oaks,
sparked by Sellers lusty rolling, fin
ished second in the senior team di-
vision with 1923. beating out La
mons Sherwood quint by one pin.
Johny Watson with 100 and 339
sparkled for the winning Anacostia
team.
Little Robert Buddy Fisher),
who won the junior title with BIT,
and Ollie Pacini, jr., son of the for
mer No. l national duckpinner,
with 311, were the heaviest wallop-
ers for the victorious Langley team.
Twin Oaks also garnered the run
nerup spot in the junior team event
with 1854 as Bob Johnson led with
an even. $780, while Virginia Ave-
nue. was third with 1928. Last Sat-
urday a Twin Oaks team won the
girls senior championship.
High-game honors for the juniors
Evening star., 1944-03-26
Grid Eagles Line Up Five;
-Four Former Servicemen

PHILADELPHIA, Mar. Is (P.-
Philadelphia Eagles of the National
Football League have announced the
signing of five players. -Four OF
them have received medical dis
charges from the armed services
They are Melvin Bleeker, a full
back from Southern California
Toimi Jarvi, 190-pound halfback
passing star from Northern Illinois
Teachers, and Fullback Mitchell
Sava, 2o0-pound graduate Of Phila-
delphia Olney High. All were dis
charged from the Army. Also signed
was Halfback Ed Beyers, from
William and Mary, discharged from
the Navy.
Horton Young, 215-pound guard
who formerly played for Newark
High is the fifth man.
Evening star., 1944-03-26
Louis Is Eagerly Awaited by Men Overseas

"Joe also told me he'd be just
as satisfied If they handed him a
gun and let him fight. He's proud
to be Just a sergeant and CT
guy.
I'D never travelled with Joe
before, but he impressed me with
lot of things. You wouldn't
think he was heavyweight cham
pion OF the world, the way he
grabbed the grips and carried
them from trains to hotels, and
things like that.
I'VE had to travel all the time
In day coaches, sometimes 400
miles to jump. Lots OF times,
for lunch or dinner, Joe had an
apple or a sandwich and q piece
Of candy"
Evening star., 1944-03-26
Groziono Hurt, RoveI|i to Face
Lotsios in Turner HeudIiner

Ray Rovellie and not Rocky Grazi-
ano will be Nick Latsios' foe in the
main event on Promoter Joe Turn
er's fight program at Turner's Arena
on Tuesday night, with Graziano
being forced to withdraw because
of an injured hand. Rovelli will be
making his second start in WASH
ington, he having defeated Bee Bee
Washington in one of the fights
on the Aaron Perry-Billy Banks
card.
Latsios last time out put the chill
on Bee Bee Wright in one round,
hardly time to work up a good
sweat, so he's all steamed up and
ready for good hot session against
the New Yorker. He's shown good
boxing form in workouts this week
at Alexandria, and the punch he
displayed in flattening Wright
leaves little. to be desired.
Against Washington here, Roveln
exhibited fair mount of boxing
skill and a number of hefty blows
that rocked the big local boy, and if
he's in that same form on Tuesday
night he likely will give Latsios a
better argument than did Wright.
Rovelli makes few mistakes in the
ring, and certainly knowing of
Nick's punching reputation he likely
won't wander into a right as did
Wright.
Bobby (Bust 'Em) Brown. local
Negro slugger. who has attracted
attention with four victories in six
weeks. has high spot on the sup
porting card, being paired with
Johnny Suke, another hard hitter
from New York, in a six-rounder.
Matchmaker Gabe Menendez also
arranged a heavyweight number,
with Bull Wilson, Sam the
Numbers new heavyweight dis
covery from the Carolinas, meeting
Gordon Jones of Philadelphia. Will
son is 200-pounder and the report
from the Number is that he loves
to fight. This also is a six-heater
Other matches send Jackie Craw-
ford against Jimmy Gringe, middle
weights, and Walter Lamar against
Don Leon, welterweights.
Evening star., 1944-03-26

Coming events do cast their
shadows before and there is every
right to believe changes in regu-
lations in one naval district might
be extended to other sections before
1t is time for the spring fishing.
In mind is the order of Rear
Admiral W. R. Munroe, commandant
Of the 7th Naval District, in amend
ing the fishing regulations so that
all anglers may ply their vocation,
or avocation, along the ocean
beaches or offshore at night or dur
ing the daylight just so long as ex-
cessively bright lights or any re-
sembling flares or signaling devices
are not used.
IT this order should be extended
to other districts it might even
permit marlin fishing off Ocean City
and channel bass fishing down the
40 miles of Assateague Island to
Wachaprague. In fact, sports fish
ing might be returned to almost
normal conditions, except in the
few areas in the immediate vicin-
lity of military establishments and
within the limits of the charter boats
available to carry anglers.
Over most of the Chesapeake there
has been at no time any regulations
to prohibit sports fishing. Limiting
factors have been lack of gas tt
get to the points of embarkatior
and the scarcity of party boats.
coupons do not permit many trips
of so and so miles, which is
about the minimum. At this time
there is no right to believe there
will be relief in either factor, sc
opening Of beaches to fishing might
help the general angling pictur.
in that transportation in most in.
stances is better to beaches thar
to bay points.
l
Evening star., 1944-03-26
Navy, Mt. St. Mory's to Garry
Sport | Lood in Old Line State

tercollegiate schedules in baseball
golf and tennis.
Johns Hopkins, Washington Col
lege, Western Maryland and Mary
land so far have made no definite
plans for intercollegiate competition.
Physical Education Director Clar-
ence E. Doc) Spears of Maryland
says, intercollegiate competition
will depend entirely on the num-
ber of boys turning out and the
interest shown in the sports"
Intramural baseball is planned
plus a broad physical education
program required Of every civilian
student. An intramural football
league may be one of the features
Other class sports will include soft
ball, track and lacrosse.
Evening star., 1944-03-26
Table Tennis Tourney
Is Taken by Harpham

Marine Sergt. Dale Harpham won
the weekly tournament Of the Dis
trict Table Tennis Association at
the Columbia, with Lenny Sun
hiemer a tough victim in the final,
1921, 21-17, 21-19, 21-1S.
In semifinals Harpham defeated
Sol Perlman, 21-17, 21-23, 21-17, and
Sunhiemer trimmed Gordon Woo,
21-15, 2l-18.
Quarter-flnal results were: Sum
hiemer defeated Jack Burton, 1921,
21-14, 21-18: Woo defeated Ma
rine Sergt. Eugene Graham, 21-17,
1921 ,21-18, and Perlman defeated
Marine Sergt. Langdon, 1921, 26-
"a, 24-22.
Next tournament will be held Fri
day night, but several stars will be
absent, appearing in the nationals
at st. Louis which open the same
day.
Evening star., 1944-03-26
Challenge Me Lowers
Record at 0ak|awn
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark, Mar. 25.-
Challenge Me, the Brolite Farm S
speedy colt, set new Oaklawn Park
track record today and established
himself as the favorite to win next
Saturdays $4,000 added Arkansas
Derby by easily winning the featured
1880 Oaklawn Handicap.
Ridden by Jockey Anthony Skor-
onski, the brown son of Challenger
II, Cash Book flashed home 10
lengths in front of Dave Ferguson's
Bell Buzzer, first choice.
Bell Buzzer had only a neck to
spare over Col. c. v. Whitneys
Signals Bloke.
Challenge Me raced the mile and
a sixteenth in 1923. The old
record Of 1:43.1 was set by Aunt
Myrtle, March ~, 1887.
Challenge Me is Kentucky Derby
eligible.
Evening star., 1944-03-26
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Except for Navy and Mount St.
Mary's, Maryland colleges will pre-
sent considerably curtailed sports
programs-or none at an-this war
time spring.
Navy will play the usual compre-
hensive schedule if enough op-
ponents can be lined up, while
Mount st. Mary's, encouraged by
the presence of several hundred
naval trainees, will have one of the
most active seasons in its 135-year
history.
Only other institution maintain
ing a reasonable approximation OF
a peacetime program is Loyola of
Baltimore, which plans to play in
Evening star., 1944-03-26

ut won't be long now until Joe
leaves with Ray Robinson, Jackie
Wilson, Bob Smith, Jimmy Edgar,
George Nicholson and Trainer
Bob Payne for a trip overseas,
said Diamond. They'll hit the
British Isles, North Africa, India,
Burma, the Southwest Pacific,
Australia and Italy. I expect
they'll be gone year, giving box
ing exhibitions for the boys.
Il get letters from the boys
everywhere, wondering when Joe
is coming. The soldiers are en-
thusiastic about it, but Joe is the
most enthusiastic one of the
bunch. On our recent tour he
said that trip was Just part OF his
training for his overseas jaunt.
Evening star., 1944-03-26
Leone and Evans Fuce
In RussIinq Feature

Michele Leone has been picked to
oppose Don Evans in the feature
rassiing match at Turner's Arena
Wednesday night. Both Leone and
Evans have requested match with
Babe Sharkey since the latter gained
his heavyweight title, and the pair
ing of these two Is a sort of test
match. The winner probably will
meet Sharkey later.
Also signed for Wednesday night
is the Yellow Mask versus Tom