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Evening star., 1944-05-12
Blind Raj Commodore
OF Block Buster Fame
Arrives 10 Aid u. :.

A Royal Air Force commodore,
who lost his sight during the Ger
man blitz of London in 194l and
then, with the aid of his wife, con-
tinued scientific research which de-
veloped the "blockbuster" bomb, has
arrived in Washington to aid in
development of ornaments for the
United Nations.
The officer, Air Commodore Pat
rick Huskinson, Al, Is credited by
British officials with development of
the 12,000-pound bombs used by the
RAF in blasting German cities.
Earlier, he had designed the 5000
and 1000 pound type of bombs
which were used with such devas-
tating effect on Hamburg.
Served in World War.
As pilot during the World War,
Commodore Huskinson was credited
with destruction of IA German
planes. At the outbreak of the
present war he offered his services
to the British Ministry of Aircraft
Production and served it as a
technician from 1899 to l941.
During this period, he married
the woman who now serves as his
Evening star., 1944-05-12
National Hospital Day
Observed Here With
0pen House Parties

Simple observances of National
Hospital Day--for the most part
confined to open house parties-are
being held today in Washington
Hospitals.
Prospective nurses from high
school graduating classes will be
among those making hospital tours.
Visitors were being received as fol-
lows: Sibley Memorial Hospital,
to pm; Gallinger, 2 to pm;
Children's, to S pm, and George
Washington University Hospital, 3
to S pm.
Garfield, Providence and George
town University hospitals are not
holding formal open house, al
though visitors will be shown
through the buildings as usual.
Mothers OF babies born during
1943 at Freedmen's Hospital were
attending open house at the hos
pital until 8 pm. today. The cele-
bration Of hospital day" there will
feature inspection of the hospitals
blood bank and laboratory equip
ment and a talk on Child Health
Today" by DR.. Martha M. Eliot, as
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eyes" She is accompanying him
on his visit.
In April, l941, while in London,
he was blinded when a German
bomb shattered glass into his eyes.
While in America, he plans to con-
suit specialists who have held out
some hope of restoring his vision.
Second Visit to u. s.
This is Air Commodore Huskin-
sons second visit to the United
States. AS head of the Ministry OF
Aircraft Productions Air Armament
Board, he came here last year with
a corps of experts to offer the
United States the results Of his re-
search.
Commodore Huskinson is called
by his colleagues the "the invincible
one-man air armada because OF
his contribution of deadly aerial
weapons.
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Two Restaurants Fined
For Health Violations

Two restaurants were fined $50
each yesterday in Municipal Court
on charges of health law violations
They were the Curb Cafe, Inc, of
Tie H street NE. charged with hav-
eng dirty stove, hood, grill and rats
feeding on garbage; Arcade Cafe
terra, Inc, Of l346 r street NV.
charged with having dirty floor,
reaches running over the pies and
rat feces on the kitchen floor,
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must be raised through individual

must be raised through individual
subscriptions.
Thousands of especially selected
leaders will appeal to workers at
their jobs in an effort to reach an
average bond sale of $100 for each
worker. The membership Commit
tee of the Washington Board of
Trade, comprising rs persons, has
been selected to mobilize the volun-
teers. James A. Cassidy heads this
group.
Division chairmen include:
Robert c. McCann, payroll saw
ings; Wilmer j. Waller, banking;
Edward c. Baltz, building and loan;
Charles T. Penn, construction; Will
liam B. Rumple, insurance; Y. e.
Booker, investment securities; John
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War Loan Leaders
10 Extend Activities

Plans to broaden the Fifth War
Loan drive in the District SO that
every citizen will be reached were
being developed today by the Dis
trlct War Finance Committee, In
view OF the slo7, 900 900 goal assigned
to Washington.
OF the total quota, SCI, ,000, 900
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sociate OF the Children's Bureau, at
$3.50 pm.
st. Elizabeth's Hospital, which
Will place particular emphasis this
year on recruiting students for the
Cadet Nurse Corps, has postponed
It's observance until May 20.
Inc program was postponed, DR..
OVernoizer said, because of the in
ouctlon OF 750 nurses into the Cadet
nursery Corps at pm. tomorrow
at constitution Hall in a program
Service.
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There Is curse In your purse
and . wallop In your wallet. Let
the Axis have it-through an extra
bond.
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J. Payette and Carter T. Barron,
motion picture: Oliver M. Walker,
real estate; James w. s. Hardey, re-
tail. and Marcy L. Sperry, utilities.
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ROWOVer Production
DrawingNearCli

WASHINGTON, July 10-(P)-The civilian production
controversy approached climax tonight with offer by
James F. Byrnes, director of mobilization to decide
compromise the differences between Donald NJ Nelson and
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WARNS AGAINST
OVER-OPTIMISM

ALLIED ADVANCE COMMAND
POST, July 10.-(P)-Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower, supreme command
err of the western front invasion,
with grim air of feet-on-the :
ground confidence, issued warn
ing today against too much optin-
ism on the part of the Allies, say
ing long 2 ID bitter fighting must
be expected right around the Euro
pean battle perimeter.
Eisenhower said the British and
Canadian capture of Caen was ire
mendously gratifying and that the
American attack down the western
flank in Normandy was part OF
the overall plan and would con-
tinue, but that there was nothing
spectacular in the present picture
or in future prospects.
Fighting will be of the most
strenuous charac ter, and there will
be heavy losses, he warned. The
Allies will have to fight hard for
every foot of ground they gain
from now on, both in local areas
and in the broad strategic field.
The general did not rule out the
possibility of a crack in German
morale somewhere along the line,
but said in a country so complete
ly dominated by Gestapo methods
it would be false for the Allies to
base any real hopes on any such
expectation
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Long-Jacket Suit Again
To Be Popular This Fall

NEW YORK, July 10-R-Get
set for the return Of the long
jacket suit this fall, varying
from hipbone to mid-thigh
length.
Weary of the bob-tailed jac-
kets of the last two years, de-
signers are showing fitted wool
tunics, reaching few inches
above the knee, over One-peice
dresses with a two-piece look
"a wool skirt, for instance,
with an attached satin blouse.
The long tunic is within WPB
restrictions because it is sold
as a separate coat.
A shining example Of the
new tunic look was shown to-
night by Nettie Rosenstein, as
a curtain-raiser for her gala
night showing. The fitted,
three-quarter length tunic is
ginger colored wool Called
Bahia Rhum by Nettie), the
one piece sheath dress be-
meath it has a black wool skirt
and black crepe top.
Notable in the R0senstein
collection are a series of dress
maker suits in black and vivid
colors, with a whole bag of
tricks concentrated in neck
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Lady Oysters No Ladies!
They're Just Plain Bows

close examination of their cell
structure was he able to deter
mine which were males and
which females. Then he labeled
and reexamined them at inter-
walls to note the sex reversals.
"The average person simply
can't tell which is which," said
Miss Rachel Carson, aquatic
biologist who also is interested
in the work. "But it doesn't
really make any difference at
the dinner table - they both
taste fine"
The first move of a new born
oyster is to attach itself firml.
to a rock or another oyster
shell where, barring accidents,
it will make its permanent re-
sidence. This naturally limits
the bivalve's social circle,
prompting Miss Carson to OBJ
serve:
81 am afraid the romantic
life of the oyster doesn't
amount to much"
She added that she didn't see
much sense to the oysters pro-
clivity for changing its gender.
81 should think they would
just settle down." she said.
The little oysters now being
born in Long Island sound and
Chesapeake bay will be table
size in 1913, another campaign
year.
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ALLIED PLANES
STRAFE TROOPS

LONDON, July 1O.-P- German
troops pushed into the woods
southeast of Caen by the British
Canadian forces which captured
the city were smoked out today by
rocket-firing Typhoons and bomb
carrying Spitfires and Mustangs
of the Raj Second Tactical Air
Force which set the woods afire
and strafed the fleeing Nazis.
This was one of the most i'm
portant of the days meager op-
erations by the weather-hampered
Allied air force. Despite the ad-
erse conditions fighter bombers
pressed their attacks against en-
envy reinforcements and by early
evening the force had flown more
than 800 sorties.
There were no reports of enemy
fighter opposition up to late eve
ming.
Nearly $50 Typhoons swept the
battle zone on army support mis-
sions, making successful attacks
on two tank concentrations and
leaving German gun site afire
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line treatments. Bluoses are
shown in jersey with high,
wrapped surplice neckline.
Jacket lapels go fanciful in
three dimensional versions,
jutting out in rolled treat
ments, double petal effects,
high, exaggerated peaks,
rounded, looped and often
contrasting color.
Jackets are longer, waist
Inch are longer, skirts are
pencil slim and sometimes slit,
huge gold key ornaments are
used throughout the collection
as lapel pins or more often
suspended from belts by heavy
gold chains.
Another new note introduced
BY Mrs. Rosenstein is the
Sarajevo vest, in bright color,
heavily beaded, worn over a
black sheath dress. The same
vest, in bright green, is re-
peated with purple dinner
dress and matching bag, car
ried on the arm like small
flat muff.
High spots of today's earlier
openings were Fox Brownies
two-color surplice dresses and
Bruno's softly tailored suits in
heather toned tweeds-
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BY FRANCIS J. KELLY

WASH1NGTON,J July lO.-(R)-
Virtually every oyster born
on the Atlantic seaboard this
year will be a male, govern
ment scientists predicted to-
day, but that doesn't worry ma
ma oyster-she used to be a
boy herself.
With the spawning season
just starting this week In the
fabulous oyster colonies of
Long Island sound, the fish
and wildlife service disclosed
experiments which reveal a
certain Bohemian giddiness in
the bivalves' sex life.
Each female oysters progeny
"a potential 100,0O0,000 to 500
600, 900 a season-starts life as
a male but by the time they are
yearlings about nine-tents Of
them have changed sex. Some,
not content with one transfor-
nation revert to Insecurity in
later life, but almost all the
really old ones are found to
have settled down as lady Oys-
tiers.
DR.. Paul S. Ga1tsoff, in
charge of shellfish investiga-
ton for the service, had to dust
off his microscope at his
Woods Hole, Mass, laboratory
to find out what every oyster
knows instinctively. Only by
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-11
FRENCH LEADER
WINS APPLAUSE

NEW YORK, July 10.-lFAGen-
eral Charles de Gaulle, head of
The French committee, was &C
claimed today by enthusiastic New
York crowds after arriving from
Washington where he said he had
very broad and frank converse
tons with President Roosevelt"
Cheering men and women met
the French leader and his party
as he stepped from plane at
La Guardia field. Later at city
hall, where he was welcomed Of
f;cially by Mayor F. H. La Guar
ola, he was greeted with thunder
Gus applause, followed by sponta-
neous singing of the Marsellaise
and the Star Spangled Banner.
A crowd estimated by the police
at 100000 cheered him again as
mis- party drove up Fifth avenue
following the placing of a wreath
at the foot of the statue of General
Lafayette on Union square.
New York is happy to receive
you because you are symbol OF
free France today" Mayor La
Guardia told De Gaulle. From
the beginning to this minute there
has been no relenting on your part.
De Gaulle responded in English
that latter the comforting talks
which I have just had with the
President Of the United States, the
welcome that the city of New York
has kindly extended to me makes
this great day in the magnifi-
cent history of Franco American
friendship"
AT press conference held in
Washington Immediately before his
departure for New York, De Gaulle
said the principal object of h S
talks with the Decentralization
ct a better understanding - had
been achieved.
In a formal statement and in
response to questions, De Gauue
emphasized three points:
That he expects to transfer head
quarters of the provisional French
government from Algiers to
France "as soon as possible. {.
but the creation of new capital
is very complicated matter and
needs much preparation"
That France had no ambitions to
acquire territories either in Europe
or other parts of the world, but
that the flag of the French army
may well have to fly over certain
territories as practical measures
in the interest of international and
of French security.
That the atmosphere of frnndli-
ness and understanding achieved
by himself and the President may
lead to an agreement for the prop
err civil administration of French
territories now being liberated =
an agreement among the United
States, Britain and the French ma
tlGnal committee.
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1Cdly.
The most significant gain carved
out in the past "a hours was by
American troops who pushed to q
point four miles north of the cap
tured stronghold of Volterra near
the west coast where they penetrat-
ed toward Arno river outposts Of
the Gothic line.
The loss of Volterra was official
ly described as blow to the Ger
mans hopes of holding the Allies
Indefinitely on the approaches to
the lArno river and the so called
Gothic line
Fifth army headquarters also re-
ported gains of unspecified dis
tances along the Tyrrhenian coast,
where American troops were with
in some 10 miles of the big port Of
IIvorno, which was reported in
flames from enemy demolitions.
Eight miles inland Yank forces
moved slowly toward Romaniana,
IA miles southeast of Livorno. and
furter to tie east another doughboy
column threatened the town of Lai-
atico.
Elsewhere along the front gains
were extremely limited or non-ex-
istant, with the Eighth Army max
ai1g its only recorded progress in
the upper Tiber valley eight miles
north of Umbertide.
Along single six mile stretch
near the west coast American adj
vance units found the Nazic had
demolished 10 bridges. Spearhead-
ing the assault in this area is the
442nd regimental combat team
composed of American soldiers of
Japanese origin, which was Of
fjcially credited with having per
formed brilliantly throughout the
Italian campaign.
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Hitler Planned
u. S. Inuasion
Back In 1910

WASHINGTON. July 10.-(P
Hitler in 1910 already had pre-
pared detailed plans for in
vasion of the United States,
latter he brought England to
her knees" j. Carlton Ward,
Jr., president of the Fairchild
Engine and Aircraft corpora
subcommittee today.
Ward testified he was shown
the plan "by diplomatic sour
ces" while in Paris before
France fell that he reported
to this government and found
the stute department already
hed complete information on
HitIer's plan.
The manufacturer was head
OF a mission in France at the
time advising on aircraft pro-
duction.
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SAIPAN INVADERS
READY AIRFIELDS

u. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, July
1O-tR-Two immediate tasks faced
American forces on captured Sal
pan island of the far western Pa
cific today-ferreting out enemy
units lurking in caves and noun
tain strongholds and repairing and
frightening airfields for aerial task
force strikes at the heart of Japan.
Undoubtedly botl tasks were
well advanced. Two days had
elapsed since Nipponese resistance
collapsed in Is days of the tough
est, bloodiest fighting of the Pa
fife war on the rugged, volcanic
island athwart Japan's supply lines
to her island empire. With all
forces free to turn to the cleanup,
it was certain not an hour would
be lost in getting Iseley and Marpi
point airfields in shape. Heavy
equipment for that purpose at
hand.
Importance of Saipan as an air
base for bombing of Japan and the
Philippines was pointed out by
Vice Adm. John M. Hoover, COM
mander of the central Pacific for
ward area. He said the island, l.
$50 miles south of Tokyo, Golfers
the best possibilities for airfield
development of any captured so
far in the central Pacific.
Saipan's main airstrip, Iseley
field, near the southern coast, is
''far the best we have TAKEN"
Hoover said. The islands Y square
miles provides space for wide dis
persal.
The end of Saipan was IAN ugly
spectacle of senseless dying" re-
ported Rembert James, Associated
Press war correspondent. REM
nants of an enemy garrison that
once totaled around 10000 were
Keeling from last, futile counter
attack-a gesture to the emperor.
There were signs of bewilder-
ment and terror among the Jap
anese, American airmen reported.
Desperation and panic helped to
crumble the final defense as the
Marines and doughboys pressed the
Nipponese to the waters edge. At
one place, James reported, hope
less Japanese swan seaward as
the battle roa-ed near them. They
could only return to taeir fate on
land or drown at sea.
A huge thanking move by the
three American divisions engaged
fastened the victory, another APP
war correspondent, William L. Wor-
den, reported. This tactic split the
enemy forces.
In defense of Sa1pan, Japan lost
most of its garrison, and at least
900 aircraft and SO ships, including
soma valuable Warships.
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CIlo dIIIlGQ SERVICES.
Byrnes said that the four orders
sponsored by War Production
Board Chairman Nelson-with the
aim of starting limited nanufac-
ture of civilian goods where labor
and materials are available and
thus letting industry prepare for
reconversion-had not yet reach
co him.
IF any agency objects to them,
the matter will come before me,
and it will be given immediate at
tention," Byrnes told reporters.
Byrnes was described by an aide
as feeling that Nelson and the mil
itary are not actually far apart,
but if they fail to reach an early
settlement and the question comes
to him, he twill promptly decide
the issues.
A report circulated that Byrnes
would meet at his White House
officers this week with War de-
partment, Navy, Manpower and
WPB officials, but the spokesman
said he knew of no such scheduled
conference.
Underlying Army and Navy op-
position to the Nelson plan is a
fear that the proposed modest steps
toward consumer goods manufac-
ture would result in a reconver
sion stampede.
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ChQdbourn Woman
Sentenced In OPA Case

FAYETTEVILLE, July 1O.-(P)-
Mrs. Kate B. Williamson, former
chief clerk of the Chadbourn War
Price and Rationing board, was
sentenced to 10 months in Fed
eral court here today on charges
by the Raleigh district OPA og en-
bezzling gasoline rationing coupons
and government property.
Mrs. Williamson, who pleaded
guilty, was charged by the OPA
with disposing of gasoline coupons
in various ways between April and
November, 1943, and of removing
stationery, clips, and equipment
from the local. office.
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Conference Rejects
Indian Monetary Plea

BRETON WOODS, N. H, JULY
10.-P)-The attempt of India t.
have the proposed world monetary
fund deal with England's blocked
war balances today.
The question ras smissed with
out even being brought to for
NAL vote at a meeting of the con.
ference's fund commission after
the United States took the position
the problem could best be solved
by the two countries themselve.
that it would be inadvisable for
the fund to concern itself with the
subject.
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AMERICAN ARMIES
SCORE HARD-WON ADVANCES
ON NORMANDY BATTLEFRONT
SOVIET THRUSTS
SQUEEZE NAILS
Shift OF German Troops
On Normandy, Denmark
Raise Question

LONDON, July 10.-(P)-
Russian thrusts by air and
sea and the uneasy shifting
of German troops in Norway
and Denmark and the north
ern end of the eastern front
emphasize how the present
three-way squeeze on Germa-
ny from the west, south and
east could become a pressure
box with the lid clamped on
from the north.
German garrisons in northern
Norway--just as the time when they
may have been weakened to re-
lnforce Nazi lines in France or
Russia-are particularly worried
by greatly increased Russian air
attacks against coastal conveys
and towns in the far north, Norwe-
CLANS In London report.
Air attacks have been made on
Vardo, Berlevag. Vadso, and Kirk
enes, the latter the Scandinavian
Gibraltar" Underground reports
say Kirkenes was very severely
damaged.'
The Russians officially had lit
tie to say about these attacks,
which the Germans obviously fear
may be the prelude to an invasion.
and Moscow has been completely
silent on Russian landings which
Finnish communicates have report
ed on several islands in the Gulf
of Finland.
Reports reaching London
source with good German under
ground connections said these is
lands have not only been taken
and firmly hel6. by the Russians
but that some of them are large
enough to form bases either for
blows directly against Helsinki to
the north or Tallinn to the south.
German fear of the latter pos
sibility was a factor in Berlin's
decision, also reported by a Lon
don source today, to withdraw two
armies from the Narva-Pskov Sec
tor and to abandon Estonia and
Latvia to prevent entrapment and
to bolster defenses in east Prussia.
With Baltic ports in Russian
hands, the chances for Russian ap-
phibious blows against east Prus-
STA or even against old Germany
proper are obviouly multiplied.
The latest underground advices
rea aching the Norwegian govern
ment in London indicate that with
in the past few weeks German
strength in southern Norway has
been decreased by at least one
division, leaving a maximum of II
divisions in the entire country.
Two German divisions are known
to have been taken from Denmark
in advance of the Allied invasion
of France, leaving only four there.
Despite the fanfare with which
the Nazis took over Helsinki and
ostentatiously paraded their for
ces through the Finnish capital, it
is doubtful that they greatly in
creased their previous strength of
about seven divisions in their DOOM
ed ally's territory.
The overall picture is one of the
Germans limited strength in the
North being slowly drained by the
pull of active front needs on the
eve of drastic shortening of Rus
sia's fighting front. which would
free great Soviet resources for an
attack from the north.
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Halted
On Italian Coast

ROME, July 10.-lF)-Increased enemy resistance,
marked by desperate counerattacks and heavy of
tiery in forward POSITIONS virtually has called halt to
Allied advances along the bloody 150e fighting front in
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than have been given about the
extent and nature Of reverse aid
to u.s."
Asking establishment now of q
national policy with respect to final
lease lend settlements. Senator Ell
lender said Unless we do, we may
find ourselves owing our Allies al
the end of the war instead of their
owing us"
He noted that a recent report
said the United States had extended
$21, ,794237,81s worth of lease LEND
aid up to March Is, and had received
81, ,129, ISL 900 worth of reverse lease
lend.
Other Requests.
In addition to the direct appro-
priation for lease e-lend, Mr.. Roose-
welt asked:
$4,000 900 for expenses of the
Treasury and Agriculture Depart
ments for procurement of lease lend
supplies and services.
Authority to use $88, ,299, 900 re-
ceived as result of lease-lend oper-
ations. 1t was explained that this
money was received chiefly from
foreign governments in payment OF
lease-lend aid or from sale of reverse
lease-lend commodities. 1t is an
addition to the more than $1,000
600, 900 worth Of reverse lease LEND
supplies and services furnished
American forces.
$20,88l 900 for operations of the
Foreign Economic Administration
This agency, among other duties
supervises lease-lend.s
The FEA reported yesterday that