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Evening star., 1944-01-28
Allies Turn Bombers
|0n Admiralty Islands
To Cut Off New Guinea

BY the Associated Press.
ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS, NEW GUINEA, Jan.
28.-The Allies expanding aerial
might in the Southwest Pacific
has been turned on the strategic
Admiralty Islands in the Bis
marck Sea and threatens to bring
virtual isolation to the Japanese
defenders of New Guinea.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's COM
munique today reported the sixth
raid in nine days on the Admiralty
Islands. Heavy bombers with fgher
escort poured 120 tons of explosives
into Japanese positions.
Momote Airdrome, one of the two
good airstrips in the islands, was
plastered with bombs. 1t was the
third heavy blow in three consecu-
tive days on the airdrome.
Admiralty Raids This Month.
Altogether, Allied airmen have
made nine raids on the Admiralty
Islands this month, have destroyed
at least Is and possibly 18 planes
on the ground and have sunk seven
ships and damaged five others.
Increasing pressure against the
Admiralty group may spell virtual
isolation to the enemy defenders Of
Wewak and Madang, New Guinea,
approximately 225 miles to the
southwest and south, respectively.
Both of these important japanese
bases rely largely on a supply line
from Aruk, a supply line over which
the Admiralty Islands hold a COM
manding position.
Over Rabaul, on the northern tip
Of New Britain, SO Solomons- based
fighter planes staged come up
and fight" raid Tuesday but failed
to draw single japanese plane into
the air. One American pilot re-
ported seeing 80 Zeroes lined up
wing to wing on Raubal's Rapopo
airdrome, the same position as on
previous days.
The previous night small force
Of Liberator heavy bombers hit La
kunai and Kerayat airdromes and
the town area.
Gains at Cape Gloucester.
Two successes were reported in
ground fighting. Marines who land
ed at Cape Gloucester, New Britain,
December 26, have seized Natamo
Point in drive to envelop the Bor-
gen Bay sector on the eastern flank
of the beachhead.
! On the northeastern coast of New
Guinea, Australian forces have
driven the Japanese farther north
Of Sio and have narrowed the gap
between them and south driving
Americans at Saidor. The japanese
are trapped in the middle.
Emphasizing the increased security
Of Allied vessels off New Guineas
shores, American destroyers shelled
enemy installations at Madang and
AlexiShafen, an air base to the north,
the second naval bombardment of
the war on the area.
On Bougainville, in the Northern
Solomons Islands, American have
expanded their Augusta Bay beach,
head by pushing the japanese back
east Of the Torokina River.
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Atrocities
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closures of previously known bru-
talities. had reported that Japan
was respecting international rules.
officials no longer grant this.
In addition to the three officers
quoted, other Americans who have
escaped from Japanese prison camps
in the Philippines include four
marines, Maj Michael Dobervitch
Ironton, Mimi; Maj. Austin c.
Ahofner, Shelbyville, Tenn; Mai
Jack Hawkins, Roxton, Tex, and
Corpl. Reid Carlos Chamberlain, El
Cajone, Calf
AS OF January 13, 1914, Secretary
of War Stimson reported total cas-
ualties in the Philippines as 3l,6l5
men, including 12,506 Filipino
Scouts. The total was composed of
l3,495 reported prisoners of war
15,309 reported as missing in action
and otherwise unaccounted for, 1892
known killed and 1,720 known
wounded in action.
Congressional reaction to the re-
port was stern and angry.
Majority Leader Barkley said it
was almost incredible that any civil
lied nation could condone such
treatment of war prisoners, adding
1T puts the Japanese beyond the
pale Of civilization, and will cause
the deepest resentment on the part
OF people of every fair-minded ma
tion. This outrage will confirm and
strengthen the determination of the
American people to destroy Japa-
nese power"
Chairman Thomas CUtah) of q
special committee named to inves-
tigate the treatment of war prison
ers said the report came as shock
to him because of previous favorable
information received through Swiss
representatives about conditions al
the military prisons at Shanghai
and Hong Kong
Senator Thomas, who spent sew
eral years as church missionary to
Japan, said there is no doubt that
the Japanese army stopped to
depths it never had known before
Mr.. May commented, "If that kline
OF brutal torture of American
prisoners Of war doesn't stimulate
Evening star., 1944-01-28
Russia
Continued From First Page \

face almost certain encirclement or
death in the wild, swampy lake
country to the west.
The Russians greeted with great
enthusiasm the announcement that
the siege of Leningrad had been
finally lifted.
Thunderous Tribute.
Announcement of the capture of
Volosovo and Tosno came last night
as Leningrad's big guns sounded a
thunderous tribute to the Red Army
offensive which has rolled back the
German invader a distance of 40 to
so miles from the Soviet Union S
second city.
More than TOO towns and villages
have been recaptured in the two
week-old drive, an order of the day,
signed by Gen. Leonid A. Govorov
and Andrei Zhdanov. secretary of
the Leningrad Party Committee, de-
clared. 1t added that Leningrad was
now entirely free from any threat
of siege and safe from any further
shelling by the enemy, and con-
cluded:
THE offensive of our troops con-
tinues."
Violent Fighting.
Violent fighting was reported in
the Novosolniki sector 230 miles be-
low Leningrad, where 1,5OO Ger
mans were reputed slain as the
Soviet forces repelled an all-day
series of counterattacks.
Far to the south in the Lower
Ukraine the Nazis continued to
force the pace, hurting large tank
forces against the left wing of Gen
Nikolai Vatutin's 1st Ukrainian
Army pushing toward the Odessa
Warsaw trunk railway. More than
5000 enemy troops were killed in
this sector, the communique re-
ported
Evening star., 1944-01-28

great dpuIlQdnCe OF 1000 aVd1laOle
in the Philippines at the time. .
Other diseases caused indirectly
by starvation were wet beriberi Cir
which the feet, ankles and head swell
| to twice their size9, dry beriber
dysentery, diarrhea, malaria, scurvy
blindness, diphtheria, yellow jaun:
dice and dengue fever Several mer
went completely blind. )
The japanese eventually permitted
the Red Gross in Manila to senc
medical supplies, but after they ar.
rived they were not unpacked fol
many days and during this perioc
many died. Col. Dyess had dengue
fever, yellow jaundice and later
scurvy sores. His weight shrank
from ITS to 1870 pounds, and he was
given no medicine. At 100 pounds
he was considered a fat man in the
camp.
Camps Inspected.
High japanese officers regularly
inspected the camp and knew oil
conditions. During inspections
prisoners were forced to wear their
best clothes, which were rags-some
men had no shirts, only trousers
and many had no shoes.
One inspection, said Col. Mellnik
was conducted by a japanese gen.
eral. An American lieutenant colo
mel was called out to accompany the
generals group. He pointed out
that many officers and enlisted men
were too weak to stand in the ranks
I'VE have many sick here" he
said courageously. The Japanese
general, who spoke excellent Eng
lish, said:
"Why?"
The mess barracks was nearby
The American lieutenant colonel
pointed to meal of white rice and
thin carrot-top soup.
Here is why" he said. 1--WE are
all starving"
That will be enough" snapped
the Japanese general. your men
are not starving. They need more
exercise"
The lieutenant colonel tried to
say more, but Japanese guards
quickly stepped in and restrained
him. The Japanese general CURLY
turned on his heel and continued
his inspection with an air of bore
dom and indifference.
Technical Men Used.
The Japanese took 400 prisoners
who were technical men, gave them
Ia physical examination, issued
clothes to them, and sent them te
Japan to work in factories. An.
other shipment of 1000 technica,
men for Japan was being arranged
when Col. Dyess, Col Mellnik ano
Comdr. Mccoy left Cabanatuan or
I, October 26, 1912. These three off
jcers and 966 other American officers
and enlisted men had been crowded
into the hold of a 7,000-ton British
built freighter at Manila for ship
ment to Davao on the island OF
Mindanao, with stops at Cebu and
Iloilo.
The voyage took II days. The hold
was filthy and vermin- infested
Some prisoners were lucky enough
to get a place on the junk filled
rain-swept deck. Two men died or
the trip. On November Z, 1912, the
Americans, were unloaded at the
Lansing Lumber Co., near Davac
Penal Colony. The sun treatment
for two hours followed, and then
the group was forced to march more
than Is miles to the penal colony
Many were so weakened they fell
by the roadside. In this instance
japanese picked them up, threw
them into trucks, and carried them
along.
It developed that the japanese
commanding officer at the pena
colony, which in peace times hac
been operated for criminals by the
Philippine Bureau OF Prisons, was
disturbed when he saw the condi-
ton Of the Americans. He had re.
! iquested able-bodied laborers. In.
Evening star., 1944-01-28
Rationing Values Cut
On Chief Types Of
Canned Vegetables
b. the Associated Press.

bs the Associated Press.
There's no o~chance Of processed
foods being removed from ration
ing now, but point values will be
lower beginning Sunday on the
principal varieties OF canned
vegetables.
Price Administrator Chester
Bowles today dismissed reports that
OPA might decide the supply of
home-canned vegetables was large
enough to warrant point holiday"
for the commercial pack.
THE supply of processed food
available for rationing is inadequate
to meet uncontrolled demand" Mr..
Bowles said The indications are
there will be less available this
year than last"
Gamers protests that rationing
is .retarding movement of their
stocks were recognized to some ex-
tent, however, in the cut of point
values on number of the most
important vegetable items including
tomatoes, corn, beets, spinach and
all dry varieties of beans.
Some Are Point-Free.
Soy beans, mushrooms and grape
fruit are given zero point rating
in the new table.
Peaches, pears, fruit cocktail and
applesauce are raised In point value
because of short supplies, while
apricots, cranberries, plums, and
prunes will require fewer stamps.
Several two-pound sized Jars of
jams, jellies, preserves and fruit
spreads are given point cuts, rang
ing from eight on grape jam to one
on apple base and grape jellies.
Lower values also are assigned for
few one-pound sized jars.
The vegetable point cuts, ordered
because supplies are moving too
Slowly or because of improved sup
ply, are as follows for popular sized
cans:
Tomatoes, decreased 2, new value
3 points; beets,. down 2, new value
2; corn, regular pack, down 2 to 8;
corn, vacuum packed. down to 10;
spinach, down 2 to s; leafy green's,
down 2 to 4.
Others Listed.
Mixed vegetables, down 4, to 8;
asparagus, down 2, to IL; all dry
varieties OF beans, including pork
and beans, kidney beans and lentils,
down 4, to value s; fresh shelled
beans, including black-eyed peas.
down 2, to 6.
Green and wax beans, assigned
zero rating in the last table, are
unchanged.
Among the fruits, peaches are
raised 2 points to a total of 20;
pears 60 up points from Is; fruit
cocktail goes to "a points, up from
20, and applesauce gets value of is
points instead of IL.
Plums are cut from 10 to 8 points:
apricots from "a to 20, and cram
berries and sauce from 10 to 6
points.
Evening star., 1944-01-28
3 New Departments
lon Postwar Problems
Proposed in Canada
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
OTTAWA, Jan. 28.-Creation oil
three new government departments
to handle reconstruction and re.
habilitation after the war was pro.
posed yesterday by the government
of Prime Minister w. L. Mackenzie
King at the opening session Of the
1914 Parliament.
Laying before the Parliament one
of the most ambitious Legislative
programs in years, the government
called for number of bills looking
for ward to the period after the war
including measures dealing with SO.
cial and economic affairs at home
and Canada's role in the postwar
World abroad.
In its postwar planning the Gov.
ernment proposed creation of a de.
partment of veterans affairs t.
handle rehabilitation Of service per.
sonnel and pensions, q department
Of reconstruction to promote plan.
ming for national development ane
postwar employment, and a depart
ment OF social welfare to administer
Federal activities in health ant
social insurance.
Industrial Credits Proposed.
Other principal proposals of tn.
Governments program, which is ex.
pected to provoke long debate, in.
cluded:
Establishment OF an industrial de.
velopment bank to provide credit.
for conversion Of war industries K
peacetime uses.
Provision for family allowances.
A measure to insure or guarantee
export credits to aid In obtainins
export markets.
A bill to extend the principal O.
mutual aid to postwar relief of lib
Grated countries.
Authorization for Canadian par
ticipation In an international or
ganization to maintain peace.
Health Insurance Urged.
A bill to provide war servic,
gratuities for persons who serve il
the armed forces and other measure.
to supplement the existing rehabili.
tation program.
New housing legislation.
A national health insurance bill
and provisions for a contributor,
old-age pension system on a more
generous basis.
A bill to put floor under prices Of
staple farm products.
The governments program, con.
tanned in the speech from the throne
read by the Governor General. the
Earl OF Athlone, was described a.
based on an external policy of worlo
security and general security and 8
domestic policy with a postwar OBJ.
jective of social security and human
welfare"
Evening star., 1944-01-28
Birthday Balls
{COntin,Ied Prom Eiret pooo

as he stopped to sign their auto
graph books.
A few minutes later John Garfield
and Jinx Falkenberg stepped from
another train.
Asks About talent Scout"
Mr.. Garfield was full of questions.
He Immediately wanted to know the
inside story" on Lester Smith, the
|self-styled talent scout who set
Washington on its ear few months
ago. When he posed with mink
coated Miss Falkenberg for pic
lures, he waved airily at the pho
tographers and murmured, Just
call me Mr.. Smith"
Maria Montez, the Latin American
beauty whose train was due at TAO
a m, missed the District Building re-
ception, but she had one faithful
escort on hand to meet the long
overdue train. He was r. T. Meer,
one Of the police glamour squad"
assigned to escort the stars. The
motorcycle policeman patiently
paced the station, scanning the faces
of the passengers for the missing
Miss Montez. The train was ex-
pected to arrive around / pm.
Skelton Performs at Airport.
First to arrive for the celebration
were Lucille Ball, Pianist Jose Iturbi
and Comedian Red" Shelton, who
gave his famous lesson in dunk
ing" for a curious crowd at the air.
port.
Joan Fontaine and Brian Aherne
Mr.. and Mrs. in private life, won't
get here until tomorrow at 2:25
pm. because of War Bond rally
commitments elsewhere.
Paulette Goddard, who was to
complete the list of stars, was de-
tanned in Hollywood and won't be
able to appear here.
Face Heavy Schedule.
While special midnight shows to-
night at the Earle, Capital and
Howard Theaters will give the gen.
eral public their first real view of
the stars. the Hollywood contingent
faced heavy schedule today.
Miss Montez, Miss Falkenberg and
Mr.. Garfield were to visit Children's S
Hospital and Walter Reed Hospital
this afternoon while Miss Ball, Mr.
Pidgeon, Mr.. Skelton and Mr.. Dom
levy entertained at the Bethesda
Naval Hospital.
Tonight the stars will be guests at
an official banquet and reception in
the Mayflower Hotel.
To Appear at Theaters.
Beginning about 1880 pm, they
will start the rounds of the three
theaters featuring the special shows.
Mrs. Roosevelt will also appear at
each of the theaters. The Capitol
and Earle Theaters will each feature
the stage shows of both theaters
with Red Shelton as master of cere-
monies for the Capitol group and
Mr.. Murphy for the Earle group.
The climax of the celebration will
be reached tomorrow night when the
stars and Mrs. Roosevelt make the
rounds of the Birthday Balls. The
parties include a dinner-dance in
the Shoreham Hotel Blue room and
dances at the Shoreham, Statler,
Willard, washington, Wardman Park
and Mayfiower Hotels, the Stage
Door Canteen and the Lincoln Col
onnade.
Mrs. Roosevelt will cut the Presi-
dents birthday cake at the Statler
Hotel Immediately after the Presi-
dents midnight broadcast.
Because Of wartime restrictions on
materials, the cake will not be as
elaborate as in past years. Present.
ed by the Central Labor Union, the
cake will be oval in shape, consisting
|of two tiers set apart by fluted col
umns. It will bear no candles, but
will be topped with the seal of the
President In natural colors. :
Evening star., 1944-01-28
Hearing Set on Proposal
10 Quiz Cabinet Members
By the Associated Press.

bs tne associated Press.
The proposal by Representative
kefauver, Democrat, of Tennessee
to bring cabinet members and other
high Government officials regularly
into Congress for questioning has
been set for hearing next Tuesday
by the House Rules Committee, Mr.
Kefauver said yesterday.
Mr.. Kefauver declared after con-
ferring with Chairman SABBATH that
it probably would be left to the
committee whether political science
experts outside of Congress would
be permitted to testify.
The Kefauver bill would amend
House rules so Government officials
could be asked to appear as often as
once a week for quiz guided Jointly
by majority and minority leaders.
Evening star., 1944-01-28
Hardison Calls Carriers
Major Unit Of Fleets
BY the Associated Press

BY The Associated Press.
The japanese are carefully con-
serving their major naval units now
waiting a chance for sharp smash
at Allied air and surface forces in
the Pacific, Rear Admiral Osborne
B. Hardisen says.
Admiral Hardison, back from Is
months service in the South Pa
cific, where he commanded the air.
craft carrier Enterprise, said the
Japanese carriers have been in vir-
tual hiding since the Santa Cruz
battle on October 26, 1912.
Admiral Hardison described the
aircraft carrier as "the most i'm
portant unit" in naval fleets TODAY
Evening star., 1944-01-28
Jap Tale of Eggs
| And Chicken for u. S.
Prisoners Debunked
|y the Associated Press.

japanese propaganda broad
casts telling of American pris-
oners being fed on chicken and
eggs were explained by the War
and Navy Departments today
"On one occasion the japanese
gave the American prisoners
three chickens for 500 men, and
on another occasion so eggs for
500 men,"
Evening star., 1944-01-28
Montgomery Red Cross
Reflects Officers

Maj. L. L. Dye, U. S. M. c., retired
has been reelected chairman. OF the
Montgomery County Chapter of the
American Red Cross. The election
took place at the annual meeting in
the County Building at Bethesda
Wednesday night.
Evening star., 1944-01-28
Weather Report

| District of Columbia-Fair and
slightly colder tonight and tomor-
row. Lowest temperature tonight
near 40 degrees. -
Virginia and Maryland-Fair and
slightly colder tonight and tomorrow.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
clear at Harpers Ferry. Potomac
slightly muddy at Great Falls. d
Report for Last n Houra
Evening star., 1944-01-28

Don't let the squander bug get
your money. Put it in Fourth War
Loan Bonds.
Evening star., 1944-01-28

Don't let the squander bug ret
your money. Put 1t In Fourth War
Loan Bonds.
Evening star., 1944-01-28

WINS SEVEN DECORATIONS
Oliver r. Germann. Is, of
Moran, Wyo.. veteran aerial
gunner, salutes at an air base
in England. where he was
awarded seven decorations
yesterday. He received the
Silver Star. Distinguished Fly
ing Cross. an Oak Leaf Cluster
and the Air Medal with three
Oak Leaf Clusters for courage
and skill on raids in the Mid
die East and on Ploesti. Pre-
viously he had received the
Purple Heart.
"A. P. Wirephoto by Radio
From London.
Evening star., 1944-01-28

Record for Last "a Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon todayJ
Highest, 65. $3.50 pm. Year ago, 81.
Lowest, II, am. Year ago. 26.
Record Temperatures This Year.
HIGHEST, 81 on January 81.
Lowest, II, on January 8.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today9
Highest. 90 per cent, at $50 am.
Lowest, "a per cent, at 2:30 pm.
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Continued From Page A-3o
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The Sun and Moon.
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Preeipitation

Monthly precipitation in inche
Capital tcurrent month to date):
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Report for Last "a Hours.
Bradley beam., 1944-05-27
A CHALLENGE
 TO WARRIORS

When the last mission is com pleted and the plane buzzes in for it's landing, when the last shot is fired and the olive branch of peace is supreme once more, many a Gl who lives "the American way of life" and has fought for the privi- lege of returning to such institu- tions as Main Street, the corner drug store, and the old home town, may be doomed to disappointment. Today it seems unlikely that the "old home town" will be recogniz- able by the time the war is over.
 Fighting men should be warned that American civilization is not standing still while they're away.
 Semi-rural towns are being ln- dustrialized. Factories are being manned" by women. Industries are using new methods, new tools, new buildings. They are making new products.
 Are you dreaming of a postwar reunion with the "old gang" back home? Don't count on it! Today your pals are scattered all over the world. Some won't come back. And
Bradley beam., 1944-05-27
H. E. JOHNSON, Colonel, Air Corps, Commanding.

those who do return-includlng yourself-may have entirely diff erent interests.
 Neither your economic nor SOC ial life is going to be the same when you go home from this war.
 You will change, too. You'll be a pretty sharp article. If you've fought for your life overseas, you will come back a lot more realistic, practical-minded and quick-witted than when you went away. Your vast experience will have made you better informed than your own folks.
 Unless you understand this, you'- Il be impatient with their ques- tions and their small-talk.
 Don't let this outlook get you down, however. Prepare for it now. Keep your mind receptive to change. And remember that you're going to help mold Americas new shape after the war.
 The smartest young men today are in the armed forces. You arc among them. It will be the Il 1,000,- 900 or more servicemen of today who will be running our economy and culture tomorrow.
 Start thinking about this. Play around with ideas. Try to decide how you would solve the problems that must follow victory. And when the time comes, let your voice be heard!
Bradley beam., 1944-05-27
NATIONAL MUSIC' TO BE FEATURED
 AT BASE LIBRARY CONCERT TUESDAY

Whatever we may think of na- tionalism as a factor in world his tory we must admit that it has had a benefcient effect on art. The in- dividual country has been able to contribute a nationalistic vividness and color through the use of folks songs and dances which composers have used to present music of na- tional appeal.
 Tuesday evening at 1945 the Base Library will present a pro-
Bradley beam., 1944-05-27
Officer of the Week
Continued from Page One

returned to this country and was assigned to the First Air Force. After the bitter cold of the Aleu- tians, he returned in time to "sweat out" the birth of child His wife, Florence, however, pre- sented him with twin daughters, Judy and Jody.
 As a member of the .FAF, he was assigned to the 402nd Fight CT Group at Bluethenthal Field, Wilmington, North Carolina, and from there he was sent to Wright Field, Ohio, where he tested ex- perimental fighter ships.
 He is very fond of his Dober- man Pinscher, Duke, who is ground ed temporarily for being AWOL before very important meeting.
 Captain and Mrs. Florence Ryn- erson and their six-month old twins now reside in Springfield, but when the war is over, they will be content with "a small filling station in a very secluded spot. :. and if anyone wants gas, mebbe I'll give it to them and mebbe l won't"