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Evening star., 1944-03-10
Irwin S. Cobb, Noted Writer
And Humorist, Dies in New York
Several Ailments
Had Complicated
; Months Illness
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Mar. 1O.-Irvir
S. Cobb, ST, humorist and writer
died today at his Hotel Sheraton
apartment after a long illness
Mr. Cobb had been i'll for the last
three months, suffering from a Sc
ries of complications, including
dropsy His wife was at his bedside
when the end came.
Grantland Rice, sports writer anc
friend of the family. who announced
the death, said the funeral woulc
be private, but further plans hao
not been made.
Irwin Shrewsbury Cobb whose
flashing wit made him famous or
both sides of the Atlantic, leapec
into big journalism as the start OF
a career as writer, speaker ano
film actor from that traditional seat
of inspiration, a park bench.
1t was in 1904, six weeks after Mr.
Cobb had gone to New York fresh
from gratifying success as a news
paperman in his home town of Pa
ducah. KY.
He was doing badly, had only $ls
in his pocket and was sitting on the
Evening star., 1944-03-10
Gen. Usher Appointed
To SoIomons Air Post
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HEADQUARTERS, 18th AAF,
South Pacific, Mar. 10.-Brig. Gen.
George L. Usher, Alexandria, Va,
former commandant of Moffett
Field, Calf, today was announced
as new deputy commander of the
18th Army Air Force in the Solomon
Islands.
He had been commander of Army
Air Forces units in the Fiji Islands
and New Caledonia.
A native of the Bronx. N. Y, Gen.
Usher came to Alexandria in 1885
after being appointed chief of per-
sonnel of the Air Forces. In 1899
he was placed in command of Mof-
fett Field, Calf, for two years, after
which he assumed command of
Wright Field, Ohio. He went over
seas in September. 1942.
Evening star., 1944-03-10
Only ; Appeals So Fal
Granted by President
For Draft Delays
Many Cases Pending
As More Than 100 Are
Sent to White House
BY MIRIAM OTTENBERG.

The White House disclosed to-
day that the cases of more than
100 Federal workers already have
been appealed to President
Roosevelt as a result of refusals
OF the Review Committee on
Federal Deferments to grant
draft stays.
1t was learned yesterday that sew
eral more Government agencies
plan to appeal to Mr.. Roosevelt the
most recent decisions of the Review
Committee in denying deferments
to employees described as "keymen. u
Most of the White House cases
are still pending, it was said, but
so far the President has granted
only three Government agency ap-
peals for deferment.
One Deferment Granted.
OF % cases referred to the Presi-
dent by the State Department, the
White House reported, only one de-
ferment request was granted.
The Foreign Economic Admins
tration appealed successfully in two
cases, winning deferments until
July. Twenty-four appeals from the
War Shipping Administration were
returned to the Review Committee
and hearing was set for late this
week on 63 appeals from the Re-
construction Finance Corp.
The Petroleum Administration for
War made one appeal and later
withdrew it and the President de-
MED the request of a Justice De-
partment official for a release from
his agency to accept commission.
President Reviews Each Case.
The White House said both
fathers and nonfathers were in
cluded in the group. Judge Samuel
I. Rosenman. is collecting the evil
dence on the cases, but the White
House said the President reviews
each appeal personally.
Meanwhile, Edgar Puryear, chair
man of the Review Committee. an
Swering charges that the commit
tees refusal to grant draft defer
ments was threatening to disrupt
some agencies, declared today that
his committee was considering only
essentially and replaceability and
not whether the men were more i'm
portant in their present jobs or in
the armed forces.
Mr.. Puryear predicted that when
the committee completes acting on
approximately 10000 cases of fathers
employed in Government only about
II per cent will be granted defer
ments.
The committee was expected to re-
port all its decisions to the House
Military Affairs Committee by the
middle of next week
Evening star., 1944-03-10

rum had increased so times the VOL
ume at the beginning of the year.
Since the new quotas will be set
on the basis of average imports for
1943, they will be considerably less
than the tremendous volume OF
liquors coming into this country to-
ward the end of last year. Thus the
order will greatly reduce the already
depleted liquor supply in this coun-
try.
The new order will be issued un.
der the Governments wartime con-
trolls over imports, and WPB officials
said that in order to provide time
for obtaining information required
from importers to administer thu
regulation, all importations of can,
Evening star., 1944-03-10
Jury Convicts Woman
OF Staying Husband

BY the Associated Press.
NORRISTOWN, Pa, March 10
Helen M. Wucherer, A, was convict
ed Of second-degree murder today
in the fatal shooting of the model
husband" she had offered to share
with another woman.
The jury of eight women and four
men deliberated half an hour last
night and nearly four hours today.
Conviction carries a maximum
penalty of 20 years Imprisonment.
Mrs. Wucherer wept quietly when
the verdict was announced.
The State charged that Mrs.
Wucherer killed August Wucherer
in their suburban Philadelphia homo
last October 81 after he told her
he wanted a divorce to marry Mrs.
Marion Johnson, 81, a divorce.
Evening star., 1944-03-10
Warmer Weather Due
After Low of 19 Today

The temperature dropped to 19
degrees at 545 am. today, giving
Washington its coldest morning
since last Friday when the low was
18. Tonight will not be as cold,
with a minimum of 80 predicted. d.
More pleasant weather over the
week end is probable, the forecaster
said. 1t is bound to be warmer. he
said, and added that no rain is in
slight.
Evening star., 1944-03-10

to guard American and British sup
plies located in the island on behalf
of the Tito bands in Southeast
Europe"
Lissa, an island about 10 miles
long and S miles wide, is in the
Adriatic 80 miles off the important
port Of Split. 1t is 100 miles east of
Italy's mainland.
Evening star., 1944-03-10
Army, Navy Regulars
Allowed 10 Hold, But
Not Seek, Office
Restriction Doesn't Apply
To Temporary Personnel,
President Declares
BY J. A. FOX.

Regular Army and Navy per-
sonnel may accept a nomination
for public Office if it is rendered
without political activity on their
part and if campaigning does
not interfere with their war du-
ties, under a service agreement
announced today by President
Roosevelt.
The order, which Mr.. Roosevelt
told his press conference was issued
to clarity the position of the serv-
ices, provides that Army and Navy
personnel other than the regulars
may become candidates on their own
initiative. In their case it is pro-
vided, too, that their Office seeking
must not interfere with their mill
tary and naval duties.
The White House announcement
attracted attention in political cir
cles here in view of the publicity
Gen. Douglas Macarthur and 1t
Comdr. Harold E. Stassen have re-
ceived as possible Republican candi-
dates.
The order also quotes the statutory
prescription against any Army officer
on the active list holding civilian
office simultaneously and, amplify-
ing, specifies that any one from the
Army and Navy elected to Office will
not at any time, or while in active
duty status, act in his official capac-
ity as the holder of the Office or per-
form any of the duties thereof"
Procedure Always Followed.
The President said that the order
is not directed at any one person: :
that it was the same procedure that
always had been followed, and that
he did not think a controversy
could be made out of it.
Under the terms of the order, as a
regular officer Gen. Macarthur
could not seek nomination, but for
mer Gov. Stassen of Minnesota, a
lieutenapt commander, who is in the
service only for the duration of the
war, could do so.
Fhe order was signed by Secretary
of War Stimson and Secretary of
Navy Knox.
Incorporated in the order is a
broad prohibition against political
activities by servicemen as long as
they are on active duty,
On this point the order says, mo
member of the land or naval forces
while on active duty, will use his
official authority or influence for
the purpose of interfering with an
election or affecting the course or
outcome thereof. Such person,
while on active duty, retains the
right to vote, and to express their
opinions privately and informally
on all political subjects and candi-
dates, and to become candidates
for public office as permitted in
this regulation.
They will not be permitted to
participate in any way in political
management or political campaigns.
The foregoing prohibition includes,
among other things, activity at po-
litical conventions or on political
committees, participation in polit-
ical campaigns, the making of po-
litical speeches, the publication of
articles or any other public activity
looking to the influencing of an
election or the solicitation OF votes
for himself or others"
Evening star., 1944-03-10
Severe Weather Holds
Operations in Italy
To Minor Patrols
Allied Bombers Munuoe
To Attack Shipping and
Targets in Rome Area
BY the Assnc,ared Press

BY the Associated Press.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
Naples, Mar. 10.-Activity on all
battle fronts in Italy dwindled
to minor patrol operations yes
terday in the face of severe
weather, Allied headquarters
announced today.
Allied aircraft managed to get
into the air, however, for 900 sorties
Medium bombers again attacked
shipping and other targets at Santc
Stefano and Montalto di Castro
northwest of Rome. Light bombers
hit enemy gun positions at Campo
leone back of the Anzio beachhead
and the railway at Capranica.
Two Allied Planes Missing.
Approximately 30 enemy aircraft
were sighted over the battle area
during the day, the announcement
said. Two Allied planes are missing
Headquarters announced that the
total of Germans captured on all
fronts in italy since the Salernc
landings last September has now
passed $4,000 Three thousand OF
these were taken on the beachhead
and 1,500 in and around Casino.
Sklrmishes occurred between
patrols at various points yesterday
on the beachhead, one of them in
the ravines of the Moletta River
southwest of Carroceto. In another
area British soldiers shot down ar
enemy fighter plane with small arms
| fire.
Situation Much Better"
A delayed dispatch released last
night quoted en-. Sir Harold Alex.
ander, Allied commander in Italy
as telling war correspondents on 6
visit to the beachhead March 4 that
the situation there now is every
much better" than three weeks be.
fore.
Yesterdays air war brought the
first announcement of P-39 Aira.
cobras carrying bombs. They blasted
a fuel-carrying train at Montaltt
di Castro and the airfield at Marina
di Pisa, few miles up the coast
from LeghOrn.
Evening star., 1944-03-10
Bill Would Extend Leove

Representative Clayson, Repub-
lican. of Massachusetts today in
troduced bill to extend from 80 to
100 days the amount of leave that
may be accumulated by any en-
ploye of the executive departments
or Independent agencies. He said
this would include employees of the
District government.
Evening star., 1944-03-10
Officials Here Silent
On Overtures to Fire

The State Department and the
Irish Legation here refused to dis.
cuss reports from Fire today thai
the United States had asked neutra
Fire to break communications with
the Axis in a new Allied effort tt
hinder the flow of information anc
supplies to Germany preparatory tc
the invasion.
Secretary of State Hull expressed
the hope at press conference that
he would have statement on Ire
land tomorrow.
Fire has been strictly neutral
throughout the war, maintaining
relations with both Sides. However,
the six northern counties CUlster)
Joined in the war and large Allied
bases are established there.
Some protests were made in the
Dali Eireann tIrish Parliament)
when American troops first landed
in the northern counties in 1942, and
the Yanks were not permitted by
their commanding officers to cross
into Fire on furloughs.
Airmen 1nterned.
Airinen, both Axis and Allied, who
have landed in Irish territory have
been interned there.
Allied efforts to clamp down on
Axis agents and strategic purchases
in other neutral countries have in
tensifled lately. Negotiations are
now being carried on with Spain and
Portugal in an effort to choke off the
flow of war materials to Germany
The State Department still hopes
that Finland will drop out of the
war, and the Turkish situation has
come up again for intensified re-
view. The British cut shipments OF
top priority military supplies to
Turkey last month.
Less Important Now.
Fire no longer is of such top stra-
tegic Importance as when the battle
for the Atlantic was a touch -and-gc
matter and lack of long-range planes
and aircraft carriers made it impos-
sible to give air cover to merchan,
ships across the ocean.
However. the country is to a large
measure dependent on Great Britain
and the United States for important
supplies.
The Irish Minister to WASHINGTON
Robert Brennan. said recently the
food situation was good in Fire ex.
cept for 20 per cent wheat short
age. He asked the State Department
for permission to allow an Irish
shipping company to purchase two
United States merchant vessels to be
used primarily to carry wheat
The Irish merchant feet, which
plies mainly to Canada. the United
States and Portugal, consists OF
about II ships. Two were sunk last
year, one by an unidentified subma
rine. The cause Of the other SINKING
was never ascertained.
Evening star., 1944-03-10
Fire Requested
By u. 5. 10 Dust
Axis ENJOYS
Acts to Shut OFF
Leaks to Enemy;
Bases Not Asked
BY the Associated Press.


BELFAST, Northern Ireland
Mar. 10.-The United States has
asked neutral Fire to close the
German Legation and the Jap
aneSe Consulate as an anti
espionage measure to protect AL
lied troop movements in North
ern Ireland.
Although a note presented late in
February by David Gray, United
States Minister to Fire, contained
no ultimatum and no demand for
Southern Ireland bases, rumors
arose that such demands had been
made. A stand to" by Erie's army
was ordered along the Ulster border
from February Is to February %.
The British government approved
the American note, but the United
States is handling the job of trying
to plug this information outlet to
the Axis which has been a source
of worry to Washington and Lon
don for years.
News of the development reached
Belfast early this week, but trans
mission was banned by British cen
sorship until today.
One account said that following a
conference with Mr.. Gray at which
the note was presented, Prime Min
lister Eanon De Valera Immediately
had the Irish Minister to Washing
ton, Robert Brennan, contact Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
The President was reported to
have assured Mr.. Brennan there was
no question of force and that the
note simply was request as a mat
ter of urgency that something be
done against the activities of Axis
establishments in Fire.
Evening star., 1944-03-10
Red Cross Gets S484,851

A total of 36,750 additional
gifts, amounting to S194, ,568,
was reported at today's Red
Cross luncheon meeting by
Government and general
business divisions. This in
creased the aggregate to 49,
423 contributions, amounting
to S484,851, or 1919 per cent
Of the District area $2,665, 900
quota.
Earlier Story on Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1944-03-10

bench cogitating on the inhospitality
of Manhattan. He glanced at a
newspaper.
Il was struck with something ]
hadn't noticed before-the f1ippant
tone used toward important people
something unheard of In Southern
(See COBB, Page AID
Evening star., 1944-03-10

(See LIQUOR, Page A-5.)
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UZUOJAUTA PONIAI
WILKIENEI

Siomis dienomis, per Raud0-
nail Kryziu poni O1la Wilkie-
ne gavo zinia is Taurages mie-
sto kad jos mylima motinele,
Iuze Stirbiene yra mirus Lie
pos 20, 1943 m.
Sioje p. Wilkien5s nuliudi-
mo valandoje, mes: Reporters
ir Raudonojo Kryziaus darbuo-
tojos reiskiame jai gilios uzuo-
jautOS.
Poni Wilkiene darbuodamasi
Raudonajam Kryziui, sake,
jaute ka toxic nepaprasto ir
su dideliu pasiSventimu dirOo,
surinlo netoli septynis Simtus
dolariu, if kartu per paties K.
X. tarpininkyste gavo ta li'ld-
ma bet laukta zinia, apie sa-
vo motinos mirti. Tai lyg at
silyginimas uz jos nuosirdu
darbq.
Velione Stirtiene mire ST.
laukus senatves; uZaugino II
sunu ir dukteru. is kurip dar
gyvi vra 7. ir daug anukQ. JOS
du sunai, Pranas ir Vincas
Stirbiai. laisvoie Lietuvoie,
',uvo praktikuojanti advoka-
tai, kit Seimos nariai turf XII
tokius mokslo GENIUS; taip sa-
kant, Stirbiu Selma susipratu-
siu Lietuviu inteligentu Selma.
Todel uzejuS ant LietuVOS Ru-
siSkam raudonajam tvanui,
Adv. Pranas Stirbis pabego j
Vokietijq: dabar randasi Tau
bet ADV. Vincas Stir
bis, AZ nesuspeio, ar pasitike-
10 bolsevikais, nelainei. dabar
randasi iStremtas ir gal jau
Si5ire.
Ponios Wilkienes, apart su-
broliu-advokatu, vienas
brolis gyvena t:5viSkeje, sesuo
Zosa Eisnantiene il sesuo Ju-
&c Grigiene gyvena Lietuvoje
il hrolis Stasys Amerikoje, !
t. gyvena p. Tilkienes pussa-
ere, poni Patricia Uviokicn6.
Vclione Juza StirDiene aaIi .
lsetis rarsiai saltoje / lietufos
.c cmeltje. JOS moral skip il
taika.ns siclSti mo.,slo il g. I
,es,iio 2yvenimo reiskiasi iri
lntroi Eartojc, stai nonu Wi
81 du sunus Jaigo auksta
noksla, vicnas techniras, an
,ras medicines da.ltaras, jis
latar randasi DldJs Ga~!o IL"
~ oie. Report i.
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Detroit, Mich, NaujienOs
KALRES JULIUS sMETONA ADV. AMTANAS OILS Chagos,
KUN EORElslS Bus Rodona Spalvuoto Filos Prezi
dento Smetono Ladotuviu Dayvau Margucio Baltameu
Uzkvietirnas Visiens
Lietuvianns

Detroito Lietuviu masinis
mitingas rengiamas 81 sekma-
dienl, Balandzio 2, Lietuviu
saleje, nuo 800 val. po pietu.
Sale randasi prize 25-tos il
Vernon Highway. Izanga vi
stems nemokamai.
Visi Detroito ir aplinkiniu
miestQ Lietuviai prasomi da-
lvvauti. Nitingas baigsis ga
ma anksti jums sugryzti ma
mus ta vakara.
Ateikit isgirsti svaroiu. ~
miu kalbetoju. Kalbas, sakys:
Vietos klebonas Kun. |. BO-
REIsTS,
Adv. A, A. OILS, is Chica-
COS, Vvlldomojo Komiteto pir-
mininkas,
JULIUS SMETONA, Lietu-
vos mirusio prezidento sunus,
is Clcvelando,
/. FlLMCS parodanCios Lietu-
vos Prezidento A. Smetonos
laidotuves Clevelande, ir kt.
ir kiti geri kalbetojai.
Is Chicagos atvyls Margu-
clio $tabo iuokdarys, Baltra-
miejus, kuris Detroito jiesko
po visa Amerika. Bus ir XII
tokiu paivairininu.
Musu tevvne Lietuva Siuo
lalku pavergsta sVetinu agre-
sOriu, LietuvoS zmones negali
kali Ell savo likimo reikalaiS.
Mes Amerikos Lietuviai uz-
imame Lietuviu tautos likimo
vadovybe, Sioje laisvoie *alyje
gyvendan1i. Mes privalome
dirbti visi kaip vienas, kad pa
saulvje butu atstatyta teise II
kad Lietuva butu atsteigta lai-
sva il nepriklausoma vel.
a Y. M.
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MIRIM MAI
MlRE ISEIVlAI ANERIkOS LIETUVIA

zno ape mirusus letuvi Shame skyrpe .apnana tyka,
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LIETUVAI - N,IEkO

Gal but dVlde$imcial metu
pamineti, prizes kelis menesius
a,gal PhiladelphijoJe sudaryta
tap vadinamos Tarybos kuopa
po vadovystc anais laikais gar
senTbGs "Lietuvai nei Cento".
Buvo <manyta kad po tue obal-
stu atgimus Pittsburghe mai
saliene gales pasiputus gvvuo-
ii, nes rGeko nereikes duoti.
Bet cia\ne Chicago. iseio at
bulai: tas ''Lietuvai Nieko" t.
rybos skyrius pc trumpo Iaiko
isnyko kaip Grigo bites, ir tik
du mandruoliai .teliko; vienas
sake. daug kalbesiu if nieko
neduosiu. 0 antras sake, as ta-
We, daktare. simtu nuoSimciu
paren siu.
Bet kai dvynukai pamate
kad xiii geri Lietuviai labai
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$1,000 RAL'DONAJAM KEY-
ZIUI

GeraSird6s Detroito Lietu-
YES yra susidejusios L.ietu-
viz moterq Raudonojo Kr.g-
ziaus vieneta if sulyg iSgales
visa laika tai organizaci al
darbuojasi, ypatingai atejus r.
K. vajui. Shame vajuje dal IL
ninkiu turejom mazai, tik sep
tynias moteris, bet suma pini-
gu sukeleme didziausia kokiA
Xxi Siolei esame padar2. Tas
atsiekta deka Sio nrazo bure-
lio moteru, kurios paskirai su
rinko po sekan1ia suma:
Ona Wilkiene S667.50
Jieva Mickeviciene 5000
Mrs. Felionina Warner 1860
Mrs. T. Strazdin $3.50
Mrs. J. Juodwalkiena 81. q
Mrs. Eug. Moliene 39.0l
V. MotuzienZ l95.00
Is Unto lido 1850
Viso pinigu surinkta il pri-
Quota Amerikos Raudonaiam
kryziui S2155.50.
sirdinoas aciu darbScicms
Observation-Disclosures. aukotoJams. 0
yratingai D6troito Liot. Moe.
III Kln' ii, kuris per r.usQ vi
meta r. K. aukavo $40
Vera MotuZieuI
Lietuviu Moteru L. x.
Skyriaus pirnaininle.
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LAllNKA Petras, niire Spaliu
2, Taft Viejo, Argentinojo.
(Vllnlaus ap., Navikq knl.)
Argentinoj isgyveno 16 m.
AKELAITlS Vincas, % metz,
inlre SpaliQ II, Buenos Al
res, Argentinoj, kur buvo il
gines.
MISIUNIENE Veronika (stu.
lalte), 36 M, mire Lapk. 20,
Buenos Aires, Argantinoie.
(Raseiniu ap.. Raudones p.
Vensloviskiu k.)
KARPAVlCIENE Jieva, mirc
Vas. 18, New Haven, Conn.
RAKAUSKIENE Emilia, &c
m., mire Lapk. IL, Buenos
Aires, Argentinoj.. (Traku
ap., Semeliskiu par.)
KASMAUSKAS Juozas, 43 N.
mire Kovo 6, Chicagoj. (Kal-
tinenu p., Taurages ap., G,d-
miniskes k) Amerikoj isgy-
veno 81 metus.
BAGDONAS Dominikas, 50
M, miro Kovo 4, Chicago c,
kur buvo ir gines.
LEMEzIS Alfonsas (kareivis)
Mrs Kovo 4, South Boston,
Mass.
POVILAITIENE Roze, mire
kovo M, Mahanoy City, Pa.
CEPAITIS ,Pranas, 6S m., mi
re Vas 5, Millinocket, Nc.
(siauliQ ap., Kurtuvenu p,
Gervenu k.j Amerikoj isgy-
veno 40 metu.
AITUTlS Juozas, mire Vasa-
rio 12, Cambridge, Mass.
DAUGIRDAS Mykolas, pusa1n-
zis, mire Kovo 3, Chicagoj.
(Alytaus aps., Kriokalaukio
p, Luklingeniu k.) Ameri-
koj isgyveno 81 m.
GRIGARAVICIUS Jonas, SO
nire kovo M, Rockford, Ill.
ENCERlS Bronius, 10 metu,
mire Vas. 20, Chicagoj, kur
buvo ir gimes.
NAISIN Mare (Tamosiunait6)
60 M, mire Vas. 20, Los An
geles, Cal. (Panev. ap., Ma
zemiu k.)
GLOBTENE Barbora (RamoS-
kaite), pusamze, mire Vas.
25, Chicagoj. (Kauno aps.)
Amerikoj isgyveno 40 IN.
GRAMONTIENE (Treinauskai-
te) Karalina, seno am, mi
re Vas. 27, Chicagoj. (Rim-
Siu p., Trakniskiu ky
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