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Evening star., 1944-03-30
Measure Sanctioninq
President S Postwar
Agency Given Senate

Senator Kilgore, Democrat, Of
West Virginia has introduced bill
to establish an Office of war mobili-
zation and postwar adjustment, to
be headed by a director at $4,000 a
year.
A spokesman for the Senate Mill
tary Affairs Subcommittee to which
the bill was referred said today that
it was designed to give legislative
sanction to the organization the
President already has established
by executive order and also to give
some congressional directiyes as to
how postwar industrial demobiliza-
ton should be carrieI out.
President Roosevelt recently named
William Clayton, former Assistant
Secretary of Commerce, as surplus
property administrator 1t is under
stood that the Kilgore bill would not
destroy the organization he already
has set up.
The measure, which Senator Kill
gore said yesterday would imple-
ment the Baruch report, also pro-
yides for an assistant director at
$l2, 900 year and creates a sur
plus war property administration to
be headed by an administrator to be
paid $4,000 year.
1t would establish a bureau of
programs charged with making con-
tinuing review of existing programs
of various war agencies and rec
ommending such changes as it found
desirable. The bureau would act
as a clearing house for postwar
programs and activities.
Senator Kilgore termed the bill a
program to insure orderly pro-
cedure for transition from war to
peacetime production"
Evening star., 1944-03-30
Cosmetics Bear Brunt
OF Tax Buying Wave

Cosmetics and other toilet prep
|arations were reported bearing the
brunt of buying wave today as
thrifty feminine shoppers continued
to step up their purchases in antici-
patton Of the April l tax on toilet
goods, jewelry, furs and such lug
gage" items as pocketbooks and wal
lets.
The tax on toilet preparations,
jewelry and furs jumps from 10 to
20 per cent Saturday. The levy on
items in the luggage field will be ad-
vanced from 10 per cent manufac-
turer's tax to 20 per cent retail
tax, with some articles to be added
to the list.
Several department stores reported
that sales in cosmetics have been
doubling and tripling over the nor
NAL demand this week, while an F
street dime store reported mad
house" around its toilet goods coun-
ters today.
Sales of bags were next to cos
metics in at least one store, while
another reported sales in furs a
little above the average. There was
general agreement, however, that
the women are concentrating their
purchases in the field OF beauty
preparations.
Evening star., 1944-03-30
Miami Busmen Walk Out
After Driver Is Sentenced
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, Mar. 30.-Miami
was without bus service for two
hours last night while the drivers
met to protest, according to City
Manager A. B. Curry, the Jail SEN
tence of Miami Beach Railway Co.
operator on charge of assaulting a
taxi driver.
Service was restored at midnight
when the driver was released under
5000 appeal bond.
General Manager r. D. Freeman
OF the Miami Transit Co. said about
$50 buses were involved, and 25
buses of the Beach Railway Co. also
were taken out of service.
Mr.. Freeman said the drivers pro-
tested action of City Judge Cecil c..
Curry in sentencing c. L. Jaggers,
a beach driver, to Is days at hard
labor on the assault charge Tuesday.
Witnesses at Jaggers' trial testi-
fled he attacked R. M. Harris when
MIR. Harris failed to pull over and
allow Jaggers to pass on the Mac
Arthur causeway.
Evening star., 1944-03-30
Mrs. Nellie WooIdridae Dies

DALLAS, Mar. 80 (P).-Mrs. Nellie
Wylie Holden Woodbridge, mother
Of Thomas S. Holden, president of
the F. w. Dodge Corp. of New York,
who lives at Darien, Conn, died here
yesterday. Another son is Maj. Oliver
Holden of the New York Times, now
stationed in England
Evening star., 1944-03-30
House Votes Expatriation
For Men Who Fled Draft
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Legislation was passed by the
House yesterday to make those who
fled the United States to escape
military service men without q
country
The bill, sent to the Senate with
out dissent, expatriates such "evad-
ers," and Chairman SABBATH of the
Rules Committee said there are
many" of them.
The House immigration Commit
tee reported that in the vicinity of
El Paso, Tex, more than 800 draft
delinquentS" crossed the border into
Mexico to avoid induction.
Those and others who have done
the same thing would be denied re-
entry into the United States for
ever.
Evening star., 1944-03-30
\X&':;;' \X&;'f !: e. 5:
MUSIC.

Budapest String Quartet, Coolidge
Auditorium, Library of Congress, at
$3.50 o'clock tonight.
Navy Band Symphony Orchestra,
Departmental Auditorium, Constitu-
tion avenue and Thirteenth street
NV, Emanuel Vardi. viola, soloist,
at $3.50 pm. tomorrow.
DANCE.
Officers dance, Gadsby's Tavern,
corner of Cameron and North Royal
streets, Alexandria, Va, $50 to IL 80
o'clock tonight.
FOR SERvICEMEN.
Stage Door Canteen: Matt Wind
sor, Sabar, the magician, and Joan
Stanton and Bob Brewer, piano.
tonight.
Ballroom and Latin American
dance instruction, Officers' Service
Club. Burlington Hotel, $3.50 to $50
o'clock tonight.
Servicemen may obtain additional
information on dances and other
activities by calling the United Ma
tions Center, National 5000, or any
of the following USO numbers. !.
Executive 0428. Republic 1927, Ma
tional 0614. National 343l, or, for
Negroes, Decatur 1864.
Evening star., 1944-03-30
Welcome Group to Visit
Cherry Trees Sunday

A tour along the Tidal Basin to
see the Oriental cherry trees and
Lincoln Memorial will be sponsored
Sunday by the Washington We'll
comes You project, under the au-
spices of The Star. The public is
invited and asked to meet at 2 pm
in the lobby of The Star Building
Eleventh and Pennsylvania avenue
NV.
Following the tour, there will be
la service of song in the Andrew
Rankin Memorial Chapel at Howard
University by members of the uni
versity choir. under the direction of
Warner Lawson, dean Of the school
OF music. The program begins at
Is pm.
Evening star., 1944-03-30
Glass Fragments Found
In Portuguese Brundy
Ry the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 3e.-Pre-
liminary laboratory tests disclosed
glass fragments In 10000 cases Of
Portuguese brandy impounded here,
Milton P. Duffy, chief State food
and drug inspector, declared yes
terday. He said distributors of the
liquor have been served citations to
attend a hearing next week on its
disposal.
Inspectors are attempting to
round up the brandy from bars and
liquor stores throughout the State,
Mr.. Duffy said. He added that the
liquor is part Of shipload received
at Philadelphia from Oporto, Por-
tugal, and that he has communi-
Gated with the Portuguese Consulate
in San Francisco for a check on the
source of supply.
Evening star., 1944-03-30
4o0 Million Deficiency {:
Bill Passed by Senate,
Minus CCC Funds
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Senate passed yesterday and
sent to the White House $780,
100000 deficiency appropriations bill
yielding to House demands for the
elimination Of a $39,436.884 appro-
priation for the Commodity Credit
Corp. and 100000 for the once
of Education.
The CCC item was proposed to
make up for losses in the purchase
and resale OF wheat for cattle and
poultry feeding
The s4,000,000 for the ONCE of
Education was suggested to enable
1t to continue financing training
of food professors and farm work.
ers.
The bill carried $1l5,OO0, 600 for
the Federal Works Agency's COM
munity facilities program, repre-
senting compromise between a
House allowance Of $4,000 900 and
a Senate allowance of SIP, soc, 900.
Meanwhile War Food Administra-
tor Marvin Jones issued an order
specifically directing that powers
and funds of the $4,000, 900 900 CCC
be utilized to carry out food price
subsidy activities Of the Food Ad-
ministration.
The order directs also that the
CCC and its funds be used for the
purchase, sale. storage and trans
portation of food and the farm prod
ucts involved in VIA price-support
and lease-lend programs.
Use of the CCC and its funds for
subsidy programs was sharply criti-
cized by many farm State law
makers when legislation extending
the life of the agency was before
Congress recently. 1t has been esti-
mated that subsidies which would
be borne by the CCC under this
order will total between $3.50, 900 900
and $500 900 900 this wear.
Evening star., 1944-03-30
Walter Lister Promoted

PHILADELPHIA, Mar. 80 (P.-J.
David Stern, publisher of the Phila-
+delphia Record, announced yester-
day appointment of Walter Lister
as managing editor. succeeding VIII
liam F. Hawkes., resigned. Frederic
E. Shapiro. assistant city editor, was
named to succeed Mr.. Lister as city
editor.
Evening star., 1944-03-30
Teomsters', LABOR Union
Backs Fourth Term
BY the Associated Press

15S Vlie ASSUClHGeu FIeES.
INDIANAPOLIS, Mar. 30.-Daniel
j. Tobin, president of the Interna-
tional Brotherhood of Teamsters,
Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and
Helpers (AFI, has Endorsed Presi-
dent Roosevelt for a fourth term,
the April issue of The international
Teamster, union publication, re-
ported yesterday.
A full-page picture of President
Roosevelt was published in the
journal over the words: Our
Candidate"
Evening star., 1944-03-30
Gen. Etienne de Vile Dies

MADRID, Mar. 80 GA Vichy
dispatch to the Spanish press yes
terday announced the death in Paris
OF Gen. Etienne de Vile, whom it
Identified as the inventor of the
75-millimeter gun.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-12
WoMEN'S DIVISION CIVILIAN DEFENSE

On MondOy afternoon al 2o o'clock Of 4hs Womens Division of cOn Defense gathered n the oIdemene chem ber o the city he'll end pepored fcr the Reso Meehsns bond sOs h not late for other volunteers Join this eomposn Women who members urged toe pert in hls patriotic effort Think Moke up your mind do thot b Coll cvon Defense volunteer The number is 4-ooo9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-12

WAR LOAN MERCHANTS COMMITTEE Y Following members Of 4he Fourth Merchants Committee who ask your cooperation In mokins +he paien a
 Clyde Jennings. eharman T Ralph Paine Department Stores Willis Tate Department Stores WiIiom VonTGsseI Chain Stores Harry Liebesknd Womens Wear Charles Manning Shoes Lawrence Farrell Druggists Harry MehaeIs Jewellers Nancy DeI0neY Womens Corps Thom0s O'De0 Groeers WIi0m Jones Mems Wecr Milton EngeIm0n Miscellaneous Apparel Dan Burlington ReuI Estate - Insurunce Serge BeIonger Small Loans Harmon GenIof Resfauran4 and Licuor chrisfiun M Deehenf Furniture Murray Grossman Miscellaneous Eurnishincs Frank J. Green Chamber of Commerce
 PUBLICITY COMMITTEE
 RoYmond J. Tanning E. chrisFY Erik Albert |. Martin James Moore M0rge Willard Joseph Kofx
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Mediterranean Front

new factor in the battle for possess
sion of Italy developed last week when
Yugoslavian Partisans under command
of Marshal Broz penetrated Is miles into
Northern Italy to destroy a German
column near Gorilla.
All week long, the Partisans have been
pushing the Nazis back and the situation
is becoming increasingly worrisome to
Hitler. In recent weeks the Partisans
have driven the Nazis from much of
Croatia and Bosnia and now control
about one-third of all Yugoslavia
The British 9th Army, whose COM
mander, 1t. Gen. Montgomery, is to
command all British forces involved in
the invasion of Western Europe, cap
tured Ortono, eastern anchor of the
German line, according to an announce
met on Tuesday. The Adriatic port had
been set afire on December IA, giving
advance notice that the Nazis knew they
could not hold it. Nazi fame throWers
failed to halt the advance of the 9th
Army, whose path up the coast was fur
ther blocked by heavy mining of the
highways.
On the west coast, the American 5th
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Dunubiu
Continued From Page CID

gued as the preferable alternative to the
costly cross Channel attack. II the Bal
kanS are to be in the Russian sphere of
influence we need not anticipate that an
Anglo-American army of occupation will
eventually be stationed there.
For more positive evidence we have.
since Teheran, the visit of President
Benes of Czechoslovakia to Moscow
and the signing of that obviously far
reaching Russian-Czech alliance which
for some time the British were able to
postpone.
We have the steady advance toward
formal Anglo-American recognition of
the Communist leader, Tito, and his
partisans as the accredited government
OF Yugoslavia. We have the obvious
SWING toward more active support for
the Communist wing of the under
ground movement in both Greece and
Bulgaria.
Gives Point to SHUTS Speech.
The steady growth OF Soviet authority
and influence gives additional point to
the very notable speech, made in Lon
don by Gen. SHUTS at the end of No
vember, in which this great imperialist
warned against the danger of over
simplification" of war issues. He illus
trated his point by asking the British
to visualize more clearly the domi-
mating position of Russia, "the new
colossus that bestrides this continent"
and is already beginning to assume "a
position which no country has ever
occupied in the history of Europe"
AS an offset to this development, in
behalf of the traditional balance of
power system, Gen. SHUTS suggests po-
litical union of Great Britain and the
small democracies in Western Europe.
whereby the Dutch and Belgian colonies
would presumably become parts of an
even greater empire. His remedy for
British weakness, vis-a-vis postwar
Russia, is however, at the moment less
important than his diagnosis. Accord
ing to that diagnosis Russian ambitions,
as evidenced by the intention to dis
place German influence throughout the
Danube Basin, are fast becoming a
headache for Great Britain.
Unquestionably black cigar is more
virile symbol than black umbrella. Yet
it appears that Winston Churchill, who
was SO at Teheran, has released for
anxious domestic consideration prob
lens strangely similar to those brought
home from Munich by Neville Cham
berlin, who was also SO at that con-
ference.
Indeed as Prof Albert Sorel would
probably suggest, were he alive today,
Teheran may yet prove a weight as
disturbing as was Munich to the bal
ance OF power system From the view
point of that disintegrating system there
Will be distinction without difference
II the fat Danubian Basin has merely
been shifted from the fire of German.
TO the frying pan Of Russian 1fsemony.
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European Front

The most outstanding naval engage
ment of the year in Europe, which cost
the Nazis their battleship Scharnhorst,
was followed by another engagement,
which cost the Nazis at least three de-
stroyers and sent many units of the
British fleet after surviving destroyers
which were scurrying for safety from
their point of entrapment in the Bay of
Biscay.
The Scharnhorst engagement occurred
in the frigid waters off Northern Nor
way as the battleship and other units
sought to prey on an Allied CONVOY
headed for Russia. 1t opened on Sun
day night and lasted about IL hours.
with the British battleship Duke of York
and numerous cruisers and destroyers
taking part. Other German ships fled
when the action opened. It was stated
that the entire convoy made port safely.
though Berlin claimed the sinking of
perhaps five ships.
AS result of the loss of the Scharn-
horst. 1t was said that Admiral Doenitz,
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commander of the German feet, either
had or would be forced to resign.
The Bay of Biscay engagement fol-
lowed the discovery by two American
flyers of fleet of IL German destroyers
conveying number of blockade run
ners on Tuesday. Help of British naval
units was summoned, and the plane
with the two flyers kept the Nazi ships
shadowed:' When the Germans were
within range of the approaching Brit
lsh, fire was opened by cruisers, and
the destroyers turned and fed in several
directions. Three were sunk, and the
others for the time being escaped.
Berlin, what was left of it. underwent
2,240-ton assault from the air Weones-
Gay night which made a shambles of
what was left of the German capital.
one Swedish observer told his newspaper
that nothing worth bombing remains in
the city. The raid the seventh since the
campaign to obllterate Berlin was start.
ed, was the Goth On the German capital
since the start of the war. The record
OF the past few weeks is impressive. On
November %, 1900 tons were dropped:
November 49, 1,400 tons; November 26.
1000 tons; December 2, $500 TONS De-
cember 16, December "a, 1000 tons, and
December %, 2,24O tons.
The Wednesday assault was followed
In daylight by heavy-scale American
raid on the rocket-gun or invasion coast
area, whichever it is to be- of France.
Thursday $500 American planes, in
the greatest assault by American flyers
on Europe, flew to unspecified targets
deep in Germany and in occupied areas.
Fighters escorted the bombers on a
round-trip of LOO miles in some cases.
During the night about an equal number
of British planes bombed various targets.
The strain on German morale is grow
ing with these intensified raids during
the bitter weather of early winter.
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Allies
Continued From Page C-1.)

ing that the British government looks
askance at the idea of complete dis
memberment of the Reich may make
some major attempt to delay the forth
coming Allied offensive with the hope
OF accentuating whatever differences
may exist latently between governments
OF Russia and Great Britain.
strong resistance to the American
British forces will not alone produce the
cleavage they are hoping for. But a
postponement of our offensive plans by
shifting the place of combat to another
area might do the trick. Although only
small number of American and
British strategists believe that an often
slVe across Spain Is possible, the Allies
are keeping watchful eye on the Nazis
IN France and on Franco himself,
Foresee Defense Strategy.
1t Is the opinion of Allied staff
officers is that Germany has definitely
decided to try her luck on a purely de-
fensive operation which will consist of
Withdrawing from Russia step by step
without giving battle and holding the
Allies back in Southern and Western
Europe as effectively as possible. The
Berlin high command may feel that the
casualties among the British and the
American troops will be such that the
people of the United States and par
ticularly OF Britain will call for a halt.
AT Teheran the Allies exchanged all
the available information about the
Wehrmacht's situation. They agreed
that while it had lost most of its Of
fensive punch it still was intact and
capable of strong resistance. The official
warnings that the price for victory this
year will be great were not made because
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Churchill discovered too much optimism
among their people, but to prepare them
Tor the terrific losses we are likely to
suffer.
Stain does not need to prepare his
public. The Russian people are fighting
Tor the liberation Of their country and,
as all nations which have been invaded.
are willing to fight regardless OF the cost.
ldeology is not the primary objective OF
the Russian people in the war but it is
in Britain and particularly in the United
States
According to the best available opinion,
the 800 German divisions can defend the
Reich for long time unless their morale
breaks under a terrific air and land
pounding from both the eastern and
western fronts. The Russians are pre-
pared to hurl no less than 300 divisions
against the Reich They believe that the
Germans, using the natural defenses OF
Poland and East Germany, might be
able to put up successful resistance with
$50 divisions backed by defensive air
force.
Not more than the present force OF Is
divisions will be required for the de-
fensive effort in Italy.
The Balkans are suficiently well
cushioned with defensive forces and
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PocITic Front

Marines swarming ashore on New
Britain Island near Cape Gloucester on
Sunday started the week with another
threat which will end in the Kidding OF
New Britain Of all Jap bases. Two
landings were made simultaneously and
not man was lost in the landings.
The Japs countered with heavy air
attack which cost destroyer and dam
age to three other vessels. The Japs
lost SO bombers and Is fighters. The
earlier landing at Arawe by American
9Th Army units had severed one supply
line to Cape Gloucester, thus in part
isolating the important port. A heavy
Smelling preceded the landing.
Moving forward and using flame
throwers against concrete pillboxes the
marines captured the air strips at the
cape and thus gained their main OBJ
jective.
In the meantime, Rabaul, the most
important base in the Southwest Pacific,
was heavily bombed and shelled by an
American task force which moved in
boldly against the enemy
During the course of the week there
was continued bombing of many Jap
bases in the Marshals and on Bougain-
vile Island in the Solomons.
There is an air of expectancy con-
corning the Pacific situation and it
would not be surprising if important
news would be forthcoming.
The confidence of those in command
in the Pacific, together with Admiral
Kings statement that main push will
occur against Japan, intensifes the
eagerness with which developments are
being watched
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Russian Front

The German high command-.whether
Hitler, his generals or both-made one
supreme gamble to gain time a few
weeks ago-a gamble which lost-and
the day of final defeat as a result has
been brought appreciably nearer.
Throwing an immense number of
tanks, many of which were drawn from
France, Italy, Poland, the Netherlands
and other areas, into drive for Kiev,
the Germans some weeks ago sought
break-through which might force gen.
eral Russian retreat. The cost was
heavy, and thousands of tanks were
reported destroyed as the Reds gave
ground slowly for time
Suddenly the tide turned, and the
Russians hit back strongly after mis-
leading the Nazis to some extent by the
opening of an offensive on the Baltic
front. Overwhelmed after defending
their gains for several days. the Nazis
weakened and began to yield, until on
Thursday came the announcement that
everywhere along a 185-mile front the
Germans were falling back in a rout in
which the high command had lost con-
troll over the troops and in which local
commands we're out of contact with
garrisons which were being surrounded
and captured or killed.
The high-water mark of the German
advance put two cities-Korosten and
zhitomir-in Nazi hands, and at these
points resistance against the Russian
counterattack was most persistent.
The Reds were hitting powerfully in
two offensives simultaneously, one
aimed at Vitebsk, important railroad
center blocking the path to the Baltic
states, and the other stemming out from
klev toward Korosten and Zhitomir.
Monday the Moscow bulletins reported
that the Ukrainian Army had regained
Is miles and that the Baltic thrust had
moved forward miles, the Nazis losing
$4,000 men in dead during the day.
Tuesday it was reported that impor-
tant railroad centers at Andrushevka
and Berdichev had been captured and
on Wednesday the Reds were fighting
in the outskirts of Korosten and zhito-
mir. Sixteen German counterattacks in
the Vitebsk area on the Baltic front
were beaten back and the Reds moved
slowly forward.
Thursday and Friday came the well
come news that the rout of the Germans
was underway, that more than 5000
populated places have beeen captured
and that the Reds are now only 43
miles from the pre-1939 Polish border
and only 80 miles from the Dniester
River border of Rumania. The Reds
we're far beyond Zhitomir, which was
reported late Friday to have been cap
tured. Gen. Won Mannstein finds him.
self in a critical situation in which he
must fight for his life against the en-
velopment which is impending. Obser-
vers are describing his Inflated drive
toward Kiev as one of the worst Nazi
plumbers of the war.