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Evening star., 1944-05-12
Army, Navy Demand
Foremen End Strike
AT Is Detroit Plants
BY the Associated Press.

ns the Associated Press.
The War and Navy Departments
nave called on the Foremens Asso-
citation OF America to end a strike
which has tied up munitions pro-
duction at l3 plants in the Detroit
area.
Undersecretary of War Robert P
patterson and Acting Secretary of
the Navy James v. Forrestal de-
clared the work stoppage is 'endan-
gering the lives" of soldiers and
sailors.
In telegram last night to Robert
II. Keys, president of the Independ-
ent Foremen's Union. they said:
The strike in which you and your
members are engaged is crippling
the production Of munitions that
should be on the way to our armed
FORCES overseas. 1t is stopping the
now OF parts which are urgently
needed at once for our bombers and
fighters. You are making yourselves
responsible for our failure to deliver
planes and guns which our fighting
men overseas are counting on.
Your action is endangering the
lives OF these soldiers and sailors.
1t Is a solemn obligation of every
citizen to back up the armed forces
with all his skill and all his strength.
If you realized the serious con-
sequences of your acts, we are sure
that on the eve of our greatest bat
tie you would not fail our fighting
forces abroad. We call upon you to
return to work at once"
Evening star., 1944-05-12
8 Naval Prisoners Blind
Guard With Pepper, Flee
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NORFOLK, Va, May l2.-Six
Navy enlisted men held as military
prisoners overpowered their guard
after blowing black pepper in his
eyes, dlsarmed him of a submachine
gun and escaped in a truck which
later was found near Waverly. Va.
the 5th Naval District announced
last night.
The six-all seamen, second class
left the guard and civilian en-
ploye Of the Navy bound in the
truck in which the prisoners were
being carried to work.
Shortly after the trick was found
20 Navy shore patrolmen were dis
patched from the Norfolk Navy base
TO join in the search.
One of the men was awaiting gen.
eral court-martial on a charge OF
deSertion and the others were fac
Ing naval confinement sentences of
one to four years on charges of be-
ing absent over leave. desertion and
theft.
Evening star., 1944-05-12
Cardinal 0'ConneII, Knox
Honored at Memorial
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BOSTON, May 12.-Nearly 1000
leaders of all faiths paid solemn
tribute to the memory of the late
William Cardinal O'Connell and to
former Secretary of the Navy Frank
Knox last night and heard Vice
Admiral Randall Jacobs say the
war may help break down barriers
OF religious misunderstanding and
bigotry.
The entire gathering of the
Massachusetts, Council of Catholics,
Protestants and Jews stood in
silence in tribute to the late Navy
Secretary.
Tribute to Cardinal O'Conpell
was read by Judge Abraham E.
Pinanski of the councils Executive
Board.
Earlier Admiral Jacobs. who is
chief of naval personnel, said that
service men were learning a great
deal about the good that is COM
mon to all religious faiths" and
that Navy chaplains were gaining
a depth Of understanding that will
greatly enrich our national think
ing"
Evening star., 1944-05-12

tanks, pillboxes ana bunkers manned
by thousands of troops.
After the concentrations were
spotted by reconnaissance planes
personal survey of the area was con-
Quoted by Mai Gen. Howard David
son, commander of the United States
Strategic Air Force in this area and
British Air Commodore F. w. j.
Mellersh.
The attack against the japanese
forces was begun by RAF medium
bombers followed, by B-24s and
B-25s in waves. During a rain
SQuall the attack was turned tenn
porarily on Moirang, Japanese
defense point few miles to the
south.
Flight Officer Duane Crosby, Lyon.
Nebr., said the village Just went up
in chunks
The important of the operations
was emphasized by some of the par
Elephants. Anon gthem were Brig.
Gen. Moore, Hubbard, Tex, chief of
staff of the United States Air Forces
in this theater, who rode in a BPS.
and Brig. Gen. Gilbert Cheves of the
United States Army, who flew with
the RAF,
Evening star., 1944-05-12
Detective Arrests
Soldier After Battle

A soldier and detective slugged
it out today when the servicenan.
resisting arrest, took q swing at the
policeman.
Pvt. U. S. Lee, jr, was arrested
by Detective Thomas c. Sullivan Of
the first precinct after the detective
fought him to a standstill In an
alley of the first block of Z street
NV, police declared.
The soldier was charged with be-
ing drunk. disorderly conduct and
assaulting a policeman. He will be
tried by military authorities, police
said. They did not list his post.
Chappelle Cook, 30. colored, 43 r
street NV, who had accompanied
Lee into the alley, was held on an
open charge, police said.
Meanwhile, another participant
in brawl between police, service
men and civilians early Wednesday
morning in the 2400 block of Six
teenth street NV, pleaded not
guilty today In Municipal Court to
assaulting a policeman and was
granted a jury trial. He is Robert
j. Short, n, of the 1900 block Of
Mount Olivet road NE. Trial was
set for May 26. Trial on additional
charges of drunkenness and dis
orderly conduct was set for May IL.
Short, police said, was embroiled
in fight which sent Policemen
Louis A. Lozupone and Robert j.
Wagner of the 18th precinct to Gar
field Hospital with bloody noses and
bruised faces.
The fracas was said to have been
precipitated by Army and Navy
officers who disputed the right to
the services of a taxicab as they
left the Hotel 2400. The officers
disappeared when the controversy
developed into a melee.
Evening star., 1944-05-12
Reds RepuIse Assault
Against Bridgehead
On Lower Dnestr
BY the Associated Press.

SF Tue ASSOClateU SIeSS.
MOSCOW, May 12.-The Rus
slams announced today that a strong
German assault against the Red
Army bridgehead northwest of
Tiraspol on the western bank of the
Lower Dnestr River had been re-
pulsed yesterday with heavy losses
to the enemy,
A Red Army communique as
serted the Germans had thrown
large infantry and tank forces into
the assault, which apparently was
aimed at restoring their Dnestr
River line The communique de-
clared about regiment of Ger
man infantry was wiped out"
(The Germans claimed, how
ever, that their forces had sue
ceeded in wiping out the Rus
sian bridgehead)
The attack was the first sign of
important German initiative since
last month, when a Nazi counter
attack against the StaniSlawow sec
tor was reported to have failed, and
1t was the first major action of any
kind on the front since mid-April,
except for the Red Army's three
day storming and recapture of Sc
vastopol
Elsewhere along the eastern front
the lull continued, but in the air
war the Russians reported various
successes by Soviet pilots.
The high command announced
that a torpedo plane had made a
direct hit on a 7,000-ton transport
off the north coast of Norway, caus-
ing an explosion and fire, and that
planes of the Red fleets air arm
had raided an undisclosed enemy
port, sinking a 4,000-ton transport
and six other vessels.
Evening star., 1944-05-12
Stassen backers in Oregon
Push Write-in CAMPAIGN
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
PORTLAND, Greg, May -i2.-
With only seven days remaining be-
fore the primary election, hackers of
1t. Comdr. Harold E. Stassen set out
yesterday to get Oregon's support
for the Republican presidential
nomination.
The national Stassen- for -Presi-
dent organization authorized Ore
gon supporters to push a whirlwind
write-in campaign for the States
Is convention delegates. No other
Republican appears on the ballot for
the May 10 election, and the candi-
date receiving the most write-in
votes will hold the support of the
delegates until he releases them.
E. E. Ullrey, Portland industrial
lists, said some $4,000 pieces of liter
ature will be mailed before the week
end.
Sponsors Of the former Minnesota
Governor pointed out that Wendell
Willkie Withdrew from the race just
before the ballots were printed, and
that Gov. Thomas E. Dewey re-
quested his supporters not to place
his name on the ballot.
Evening star., 1944-05-12
Allies Begin Clearing
Japs From Southern
Outskirts Of Kohima

| BY the Associated Press.
SOUTHEAST ASIA HEADQUAR-
TIERS, Randy, Ceylon, May 12.-Al-
lied troops have made initial prog
ress" in clearing the japanese from
hillside strongpoints in the southern
outskirts of Kohima in Northeast
India and American planes sweep
ing three enemy airfields destroyed
13 challenging fighters, an Allied
communique said today.
Two other planes probably were
destroyed and six were damaged and
the Americans suffered no losses.
South of the Manipur State vii
lage of Kohima artillery broke up
Japanese concentrations, the COM
munique said.
Patrols were in contact with the
Japanese jungle fighters northeast
of Kohima and fighting was report
ed in the village of Potsangham
south of Bishenpur, the communique
said.
Alleu F0rCe was LdTRe.
The largest Allied air force so far
sent against single target in the
India Burma theater, was declared
to have dropped 200 tons of explo-
sives on the japanese stronghold of
Ningthougkohong, 2 miles south of
of Bishenpur, on May 8 and 9.
The United States Army fighters
destroyed the fighters at airfields
at Meiktila, Anisakan and Heho.
The main air effort, however, was
against Ningthougkohong, an attack
against whlcn was first reported
yesterday.
Operations to clear the enemy
from strong points in the hills in
the southern outskirts of Kohima
have made initial progress" the
communique said, adding that effec-
tive use of tanks against the Japa-
nese was limited by the terrain.
Two Jap Planes Downed.
Farther south, in the Imphal re-
gion, fighting was reported on the
Palel road around Tengoupal, where
British and Indian planes supported
the ground troops. Two of the few
japanese planes that appeared were
destroyed, four others were damaged
Quiet prevailed generally on the
Arakan front between India and
Akyab, the communique said. Ar
tillery and bombing were applied to
japanese positions southeast OF
Maungdaw
The communique said there was
nothing to report from 1t. Gen
Joseph w. Stilwell's operations in
Northern Burma or on the Central
Burma front.
The full force of the explosives
smashed down on fortified area of
1900 square yards of embedded
Evening star., 1944-05-12
Copt. MiIIiken to Talk
Before Probation Group

Capt. Rhoda j. Milliken, head oi
the Women's Bureau of the Metro
politan Police Department, today
will address the 38th annual con-
ference of the National Probation
Association in Cleveland. Her SUBJ
ject will be THE Challenge of the
Delinquent Girl"
Members of the National Council
Of Juvenile Court Judges will join
in the session.
Mark A. McCloskey, director OF
the Washington Community War
Services, will speak on juvenile crime
and probation problems tomorrow.
Evening star., 1944-05-12
Lease Lend Extension Bill
Is Sent 10 White House
sy the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
The House today agreed to the
Senates version of the lease-lend
extension bill, and by a voice vote
sent the measure to the White
House for President Roosevelt's
signature.
The action assured continued
lease LEND activities for another
year beyond June 80. activities
through which the United States
has equipped the other Allied
nations with more than $22 900 ,000,-
600 in war materials.
In the final version, the contin-
uance provides that the President
in making settlements, may not
obligate the country to any postwar
military or economic role without
the specific consent of Congress.
Evening star., 1944-05-12
Many Sevostopol Residents
Reported Lost on Borqes

LONDON, May IL P).-A Moscow
broadcast recorded by the Soviet
monitor asserted today that before
the Germans abandoned Sevastopol
they herded large numbers of the
population aboard barges and towed
them out to sea.
Many of the barges were so over
crowded that they sank with all
aboard, the broadcast declared.
Evening star., 1944-05-12
Army, Navy Bombers
Blast at Truk With
TrainIike Schedule
BY the Associated Press.

! by Lie ASSOClhteu fIeSS.
ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS. New Guinea, May IL
Battered Truk, Japan's key Gen.
tral Pacific base only three months
ago, has been given another pound
ing by far-ranging American Lib
orators coming in from the south
east and southwest on almost train
schedule.
Gen. Douglas Macarthur an
nounced today that his bombers
struck Wednesday in a devastating
follow-up to night attack made
only a few hours before by 7th
Army Air Force planes from
Admiral Chester w. Nimitzs Gen.
trail Pacific theater.
The Truk raids highlighted other
aerial blows against the enemy's
Pacific perimeter from Wake Island,
2,300 miles west of Pearl Harbor, to
the Schouten Islands, athwart Gen.
MacArthur's path from captured
Hollandia in Dutch New Guinea to
the Philippines.
installations Hammered.
Though Truk has been raided at
will for weeks, this was the first
ear-simultaneous one-two punch
from both sides since April 81.
Gen. MacArthur's flyers laid their
Explosives on Truk's installations
just before noon, driving in despite
the resistance of 20 japanese fight
ers. One Liberator was downed.
The defenders got four inter-
ceptors into the air against the
,night-raiding 7th AAF, but none was
willing to do battle as the Liberators
dropped 40 tons of bombs on air.
strips and defenses and possibly
sank one ship near Moen Island.
Admiral Nimitz said antiaircraft
Evening star., 1944-05-12
BeredoII's Wife Seeks
American CITIZENSHIP
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, May 12.-Mrs.
Berta Bergdoll, German-born wife
of Grover c. Bergdoll, World War
draft dodger, has applied for cit
izenship under a law permitting
an alien wife to derive citizenship
from a husband.
She and Bergdoll were married
in Germany after Bergdoll fled there
in 1917 She came here in 1885 to
beg amnesty for her husband and
has been here under a frequently
extended visitors visa. Bergdoll re-
turned voluntarily in 1899, and last
February completed a term in the
Army disciplinary barracks at Fort
Leavenworth, Kans.
Buy more bonds and bring victory
closer.
Evening star., 1944-05-12
Bride, 70, Asks for Relief
Check as Weddinq Gift

BY the Associated Press.
DES MOINES.-The State Board
of Social Welfare has advised To-
year-old woman 1t can't send out
the States money as wedding pres
ents.
The woman wrote the board say
ing she was leaving the assistance
rolls because she was being married
but wanted the board to send her
one more check as a marriage gift.
Evening star., 1944-05-12
Veteran Aide Promoted

Edward I. Kotok, veteran of 80
years in the Forest Service in the
Agriculture Department, has been
appointed assistant chief in charge
of research. He succeeds Clarence
L. Forzling, who has been nomi-
mated director of grazing in the In
terror Department.
Evening star., 1944-05-12
Church's Clock Stolen

ST. PAUL, MINI. (P.-The Rev
c. H. Gessner will have to guess the
length OF his sermons-until he can
find a new clock. A clock placed
in a vestment room so that he
could see it from the pulpit and
time his sermons has been stolen.
Evening star., 1944-05-12
Man Shortage Hits Campus

SALT LAKE CITY CPD.-Each
year the freshmen at the Univer-
Slty OF Utah have had to white
wash the huge concrete "" on a
mountainslde near the campus.
inns year the three upper classes
nave been asked to help-shortage
OF manpoWer.
Make idle dollars fighting War
Bond daIiarS'
Evening star., 1944-05-12

Buy more bonds and bring victory
closer!
Evening star., 1944-09-18
Ii. Col. Macmillan Dies
After Two-Monih Illness

1t. Col. Julian M. Macmillan, So
died early today in Walter Reed
Hospital after an illness of two
months.
Col. Macmillan, a native of Ma
hanoy City, Pa, was last stationed
in Peoria, ILL.,, where he was in
charge of the Army's special train
ing program at Bradley College.
A graduate of the University of
Michigan, he was commissioned a
first lieutenant in the ambulance
service In 1917. Shortly after the
last war he transferred to the in
fantry, and from 1925 to 1928 was
an instructor at West Point. Later
he was in charge of the organized
reserves at the 9Th Service Com
mand, Chicago. He married the for
mer Elizabeth A. Voorhees,, native
of the District, in February, 1928.
He was a 32d degree Mason.
Besides his widow, he is survived
by two daughters, Miss Elizabeth A.
Macmillan and Miss Virginia T.
Macmillan, Peoria, and one brother,
William T. Macmillan. Boston.
Funeral services will be held at
II am. Wednesday at Fort Myer
chapel, followed by burial in Arling-
ton Cemetery.
Evening star., 1944-09-18

Pencil boxes and notebooks under
their arms, umbrellas, slickers and
scarves in abundance to ward off the
ue-Monday rain, Washington S
youth, from five to the late teens,
trooped back to school today.
At Powell Elementary School, Up
shur street between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth NV, youngsters of five,
held tightly to their mothers hands
and backed against the walls of the
kindergarten room. One little girl
wept silently at the door and twisted
her yellow braid round and round
her nose. At intervals she said
desperately. Il want to go home" :"
An Older brother left his fourth
grade class and tried to coax her to
join the group at the low table,
building block skyscrapers or piecing
together jigsaw figures of elephants
and gooses.
A Song for Teacher.
Down the hall, second graders
sand, Good morning, dear teacher,
good morning to you" Six graders
read in unison the poem for the day
written in rounded letters on the
clean blackboard, The golden rod is
yellow, the corn is turning brown
the trees in apple orchards, with
fruit are bending down."
A class of junior high graduates
in their first day at Roosevelt High
School, Thirteenth and Upshur
NV. giggled as the teacher read
unfamiliar names incorrectly. Only
Evening star., 1944-09-18
Mrs. Sophia Cruickshank
Dies Before 93d Birthday

Mrs. Sophia Cruickshank, a resi-
dent of this area for the last "a
years, died yesterday at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Catherine G.
Jones, 5610 Colorado avenue NV,
after brief illness. She would
have celebrated her 93d birthday
next Monday.
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Mrs.
Cruickshank came to this country
in 1874 and settled in Clay Center,
Nebr. She served as postmistress
there for Is years. In 1920 she
came to live with her daughter
first in Alexandria, Va, and later
in Silver Spring, Md. The family
moved to the District last Decem-
Der. Mrs. Cruickshank was a mem
ber of the Order of the Eastern
Star and the Northminister Pres
byterian Church.
Besides her daughter. she is sur
vived by a son, George Cruick-
shank, Wahoo, Nebr., and seven
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at
! pm. tomorrow at the Warner E..
Pumphrey funeral home, Silver
Spring. Burial will be in Clay
Center.
Evening star., 1944-09-18
Civic Organizations Seek
Hearing on Budget Plans

Many civic organizations have
asked to be heard on various phases
of the District 1916 budget, when
the Commissioners hold a public
hearing at 10 am. Thursday in the
board room of the District Build
ing, it was announced today. The
new budget totals $68, 8,613,689.
Spokesman for organizations who
have not submitted statements in
writing were requested today by G.
M. Thornett, secretary of the Board
of Commissioners, to bring written
statements with them to the hear
ing. Among the organizations ex-
pected to have representatives are
the Federation of Citizens Associa-
tions, Federation of Civic Associa-
tions, the Board of Trade, Stanton
Park Community League, Mid-City
Citizens Association, Rhode Island
Avenue Citizens Association, the
Far Northeast Council, Progressive
Citizens Association of Georgetown
and the Keystone Automobile Club.
It is expected that other organ
iZations will appear.
Evening star., 1944-09-18
P-IA Board Of Managers
Open Season Tomorrow

The opening meeting Of the sea-
son Of the Board of Managers Of
the District of Columbia Congress
of Parents and Teachers will be
held tomorrow morning in the Ma
tional Educational Building with
Mrs. Macall Fetzer, president, pre-
siding.
Mrs Frank Borden, vice president
in charge Of institutes, announced
the dates of the fall institutes as
October II and 10, to be held in the
NEA building. These two meetings
are an annual occurrence, designed
to acquaint new presidents and
leaders of local units with their du-
ties, and with the aims and program
OF the D. c. Congress.
Mrs. Andrew Stewart, Mrs. p. c.
Elicit and Mrs. Edward r. Seal
were elected members-at-largc to
serve on the Executive Committee
for the ensuing year.
Evening star., 1944-09-18
National Dog Week Begins;
Services in War Stressed

This week has been designated as
National Dog Week and conferences
will be held throughout the country
on vivisection, mass slaughter and
unnecessary restrictions" on dogs,
Miss Vivian w. Sargent, president Of
the Animal Protective Association,
announced.
Emphasis this year will be placed
on the part dogs are playing in the
war and an intensified drive for
war dogs will begin, according to
Harvey j. Brown, president of the
Capital Dog Training Club and as
sistant director Ct Dogs for Defense.
Tho program will be opened at
$3.50 pm. today when Miss Sargent
and Mrs. H. D. Albin will speak at
the Animal Protective Association
grounds, 5000 Wheeler road Sc.
James p. Briggs, president of the
National Society for the Humane
Regulation of Vivisection, will dis
cuss the Burdick-Langer bill pro-
hibiting vivisection at 1410 H street
NV. Tuesday night and on Thurs
day Aurelian H. Pinney, former
president of the Panama Canal
Zone Humane Society, will speak at
meeting at Landover Kennels,
Landover, Md.
Evening star., 1944-09-18
llsNRshonmig
&Remiinder5@a

Canned Foods, Etc.-Book No. 4,
blue stamps AS through Z-8 and
As through LIS good Indefinite
ly. Each stamp worth 10 points.
Most canned vegetables and
special foods now of rationing.
Use of blue tokens to be discon-
tinued October, /.
Meats, Fats, Etc.-Red stamps A-8
through Z-8 and AS through G-5
good indefinitely for 10 points
each. All meats except beef
steaks, roast beef and choice cuts
Of lamb and pork are point free.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will nay two ration points for
each pound Of waste kitchen fats
you turn in. The fact that lard,
shortening and cooking oils have
been removed from the ration list
does not mean fat collection is
less essential.
Sugar-Book No. 4 stamps 80 through
80 valid for 5 pounds indefinitely.
Book No. 4 stamp 40 good for 5
pounds for home canning through
February 28. 1945.
Gasoline-A-1l coupons good for 3
gallons each through November S.
B-o, B-4, C-3 and Ca coupons
good for gallons each.
Shoes-Airplane stamps l and in
Book No. 3 good indefinitely for
one pair of shoes each.
Fuel Ofl-Periods No. 4 and S cou.
pons good for 10 gallons per unit
through August 81, 1945. Period l.
l944-45 ration, also good for 10
gallons q unit.
Evening star., 1944-09-18
Soldier Is Fined S125
On Hit-and-Run CHARGE

Army Pvt. Carl Quesenberry. 20,
stationed at Alexandria, La, plead
ed guilty to hit-and-run charges
in Traffic Court today and was
fined s125 by Judge Almond Scott.
Victim of the accident, Mrs.
Blanch E. Trevathan, Sc, Of 306
South Barton street, Arlington,
who was admitted to Emergency
Hospital after she was struck last
Friday, is still patient there. suf-
fering from shock, bruises and lac
erations. Her daughter, Mrs.
Richard Gray. of the same Airing
ton address, testified to her mothers
condition.
Pvt. Quesenberry was appre-
hended by 1t. Col. Timothy A. Nc
Inerny. stationed at the Pentagon,
who was riding in an automobile
with Robert Brennan, Minister from
Fire. The minister's chauffeur
chased the soldiers car for several
blocks after Mrs. Trevathan was
struck in the 3100 block of M street
NV,