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Evening star., 1944-02-05
Navy Plane and 10 Men
Missing on Sea Flight
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
BOSTON, Feb. 5.-Search con-
tinued today for a Navy plane ano
her crew of 10 men reported missing
at sea during routine training
flight from the Quonset Naval All
Station.
First Naval District headquarters
announced the names of the three
officers and seven crew members
aboard last night as:
1t. Hubert c. Mcclellan, Plymouth
Mich; 1t. Harold Leroy Neff, pilot
Centralia. Mo-; Ensign Niles B
Kinney, Wood Lake, Mimi; Arthur
Js Lien, Hixton, Wis: Nathaniel
Hnrnstein, Bridgeport, Conn; Wilton
Hardin, Elizabethtown, N. c.; Will
lard j. Hinger, Newark, Ohio; Peter
Yezerski, Herminie, Pa; William j
Kline. Philadelphia, and John H
Lnehan, jr., Albany, N. Y.
Evening star., 1944-02-05
Schools Need Realism,
Mrs. Roosevelt Says
Ey the AsSocisteS oress

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Feb. 5.-Mrs. Frank
lin D. Roosevelt said last night thai
in the postwar world educator,
must have freedom Of the kline
which allows them to put before
young people the whole picture anc
insist that they think for them.
selves"
Addressing the regional confer.
ence dinner Of the Progressive Edu-
cation Association, Mrs. Roosevelt
told Of young fighting men who sale
they were confused by the differ.
ence between what they were taught
at school and reality.
She said this was evidence thai
I'VE have not been quite honest ir
education in the past"
Vinal H. Tibbetts. national di.
rector OF the association, announced
the election of DR.. Frank Baker
president of State Teachers Col.
lege, Milwaukee, as president of thu
organization.
Evening star., 1944-02-05
Party 10 File Roosevelt S
Name in Pennsylvania
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HARRISBURG. Pa, Feb. S.
The Pennsylvania Democratic State
Committee yesterday directed that
President Roosevelts name be en-
tered in the April Is Pennsylvania
primary as candidate for fourth
term.
The committee also unanimously
indor-ed Representative Myers of
Philadelphia for the party nominal
ton for the seat of Senator Davis,
Pittsburgh Republican, whose term
expires. Senator Davis is expected
to run again.
OF President Roosevelt, the COM
nattee said In a resolution "he must
carry the burden Of his great tasks
until the war Ii won and q secure
peace assured"
Evening star., 1944-02-05
Ndzis Not Licked Yet,
Gen. Arnold Warns
In Lecture Here

Despite the crushing air attacks
that have been inflicted on Ger
many during the past few months
the enemy Is mot licked yet" Gen
Henry H. Arnold, chief Of the Army
Air Forces, warned last night In a
lecture sponsored by the National
Geographic Society at Constitution
Hall
I'VE are up against an enemy OF
resources and power" Gen. Arnold
said. He can take these hard
blows for awhile because
he is tough and has been prepared
for these assaults for a long time
The air chief expressed confidence
however, that the constant pound
ing OF Nazi production would event.
ually weaken Germany and make
Allied victory a certainty.
I'VE are going to hit the enemy
and We are going to hit him hard"
Gen. Arnold said. "Our training
programs are turning out more and
more flyers and our production
lines are pouring out more and more
planes"
A series Of Aims taken by Air
Forces photographers in the midst
of battle were shown to emphasize
the effectiveness OF Americas air
strength against the enemy on all
fronts. Color movies of the aerial
seige Of Pantelleria, first stronghold
to fall before the might of air bom-
bardment alone. clearly indicated
the savagery of the assault launche d
against the Mediterranean island as
a prelude to the invasion of Sicily
last spring.
Gen. Arnold also displayed de-
tailed charts showing the careful
planning that preceded the destruc-
tive raid on Schweinfurr last fall,
when American bombers virtually
wiped out Germany's principal ball-
bearing works.
Evening star., 1944-02-05
Peh|e Says Rescue
OF Jews Is Urgent
By the Associated pre6s.


John w. Pehle, newly designated
head of the War Rufugee Board
believes the job of rescuing Europe's
Jews from determination lis one
that has to be done in the next few
months"
At a press conference yesterday,
he said the main story of assistance
probably could not be told until
after the war because it will con-
sist Of accelerating the underground
movement" now getting refugees out
Of Nazi-occupied territory.
Mr.. Pehle since 1910 has been an
assistant to Secretary Morganthau
IN charge Of the Treasury's foreign
funds control division. He will be
given a leave of absence to devote
his full time to the board, created by
President Roosevelt aJnuary %.
Mr.. Pehle said the board, COM
posed OF Secretaries Morgenthau,
Hull and Stimson, would operate
with small professional staff" be-
cause it plans to use the services of
existing Federal agencies as we'll as
the United Nations Relief and Re-
habilitation Administration.
He added that its work would be
financed largely with private funds.
Evening star., 1944-02-05
Payne Gets Long Term
In SHOOTING Of Wife

John E. Payne. 81, of the first
block Of w street NV, yesterday
YES given the maximum sentence OF
&aImonths to 10 years on a charge
assault with a dangerous weapon
rowing out of the shooting and
v---unding of his estranged wife, Mrs
Vt~-~.nia E. Payne, last October.
The sentence was imposed by
Ca.ltef Justice Edward c. Eicher OF
E.strict Court after Payne had
pleaded guilty.
The shooting took place in a
house in the first block Of I street
TW.
Evening star., 1944-02-05
Churchill Urges Backing
OF Government Candidates
BY the Associated Prose

BY the Associated Press
LONDON, Feb. 5.-Alarmed lest
election contests might give an i'm
preston of disunity in wartime Brit
ain, Prime Minister Churchill and
leaders Of the coalition government
are urging voters to stand behind
government candidates.
The issue arose Thursday when
Brighton, usually overwhelmingly
Conservative, elected RAF Flight 1t
William feeling, standing for Parlia-
ment on the Conservative platform
by majority Of only l 1858 votes over
his independent opponent, Bruce
Dutton Briant. The Conservative
majority in the same district in 1895
was 40958.
1t. feelings victory was the 18th
by-election won by the Conservative
party since the outbreak of the war
but independents said the slimness
OF his margin clearly indicated the
trend was away from the dominant
Conservative party.
Evening star., 1944-02-05
500 Increase SOUGHT
In Jop Iron Production
Nv tho Assor;.tsa pr..s

BY the Associated Press.
The Toxic radio said today thu
Japanese Munitions Ministry hae
called for a sharp increase in iror
and copper ore production "in ordel
to meet the requirements Of prose.
cutting the war"
The broadcast said the goal fol
iron ore production was set at &
per cent over last year and for cop.
per at 80 per cent higher. It addet
that. six or seven iron mines ant
about 40 copper mines had beer
de4gnated to increase their output
Evening star., 1944-02-05
Cousin of Roosevelt
Named COP Delicate
, the Associated press

BY the Associated Press.
GOSHEN, N. Y, Feb. 5.-Mrs
George B. St. George of Tuxedo
Park, first cousin OF President
Roosevelt, was designated last night
by the Orange County Republican
Committee as delegate to the ma.
tional convention in Chicago ir
June.
Mrs. st. George, who is chair.
man Of the committee, said sh<
would support" Gov. Thomas E
Dewey for the nomination If h.
Is q candidate.
Evening star., 1944-02-05

States chief Of stan, formally pre-
sented to him in writing on Febru-
ary 8, 1s43, by the Secretary Of Wa1
and the Secretary Of the Navy. In
that letter the joint United States
chiefs of staff recommended in the
interest Of national security thai
steps be taken terminating al
military and quasi-military radio
intelligence activities Of the Federal
Communications Commission and
confning such activities to the Army
and Navy"
The Joint chiefs of staff had made
a thorough study of the matter at
the request on September IL, 1912
of the Secretary of the Navy. Presi-
dent Roosevelt turned down the
joint chiefs of staf1 in a letter to
Secretary Knox in September. l943
declaring that he preferred not to
make the proposed change. He
added that the FEC was serving
many important wartime needs OF
various Government civilian agen-
cies and stands ready to perform
for the Army and Navy such services
as are expressly requested by them" !"
This rebuff to the chiefs Of stan
apparently stirred up the interest Of
the House committee, which en-
deavored to find out by testimony
from both the FEC and the Army
and Navy what was back of such a
conspicuous refusal to follow the
wishes Of Gen. Marshall, Admiral
King, Gen. Arnold and Admiral
Leahy. But the President already
had issued directive" that Gov
ernment officials were not to testify
on these matters before the House
Investigating Committee.
Apparently the House of Repre-
sentatives was unwilling at this
time to enter into a public contro-
versy with the Presidents sub
ordinates as to whether or not they
were in contempt of the subpoena
powers of a committee of Congress
Instead, the House itself has just
decided to withhold appropriations
for the radio intelligence section OF
the Federal Communications Com
mission and thus force its transfer
into the hands of the Army and
Navy. The Senate undoubtedly will
concur.
The episode is not one that 6oes
credit to wartime administration,
for the people surely ought to be
told why their President on a mil
itary matter so steadfastly supports
one Of his civilian appointees as
against the disinterested recon-
E-endstions of the joint United
States chiefs of staff.
Not a single reason is available
as to what lies back Of his strange
course. There are rumors, of course,
which seem incredible, to the effect
that the FEC monitor system turns
over private messages to civilian
governmental agencies, especially
business messages, and that this
snooping process is constantly being
made available to the Department
of Justice to bolster up its crusade
against American businessmen on
domestic matters.
These messages, freely known as
"intercepts" in Government circles
are widely distributed within the
Government bureaus, it is said, and
Of course, are available to the White
House and its staff of brain trusters.
They could. to be sure. be used
for political persecution if and when,
for instance, indictments are sought
on technicalities or trumped-up
charges against American banks en-
gagged in foreign trade
1t is significant that the House
Evening star., 1944-02-05

Of Representatives has voted to put
an end to the shopping by q civil
ian agency and has in effect In
sisted that the Army and Navy
which is interested only In military
and naval matters, and not in po-
litical or class wars, alone be given
access to private messages between
the United States and foreign
countries.
Reproduction Rithts Reserved.)
Evening star., 1944-02-05
Vondeqrift at New River

NEW RIVER. N. c., Feb. S (F.-
1t. Gen. A. A. Vandegrift, COM
mandant Of the Marine Corps, ar
rived here by plane yesterday for
a four-day inspection tour of the
Marine Corps largest diversified
training center. Today he planned
to speak at graduation exercises for
oficer candidates Of the women's s
reserves,
Evening star., 1944-02-05
By FREDERIC J. HAsKINs.

@. What two Presidents OF th'
United States observed their birth
day anniversaries on the same da.
Of the month?-T.L L.F.
A. James K. Polk and Warren 6
Harding. The date was Novem'
Der 2.
@. What is the estimated number
of births that occur e1ch year with
out the services of a doctor?-
N. T. B.
A. One million mothers each veal
are not delivered by doctors, ane
a quarter million are delivered, BY
unframed women.
@. Is the original draft Of tn,
Gettysburg Address still In exist.
ence?-E. l.. H.
A. The first and second drafts arr
in the Library Of Congress. It va.
from the second draft that Lincoln
read in 1868.
@. Do banks whose deposits are
insured have to pay for this serv.
ice?-M. D.A.
A. Insured banks are required tc
contribute annually one-twelfth o1
l per cent Of their average deposits
to fund for paying depositors Of
any bank which cannot meet 1t.
obligations.
@. What portion Of the nationa'
income goes for education?-W. v.
A. According to the National Ed
ucation Association, the expendi.
lures for public education in 1874:
amounted to $2.700. 900 900 and rep.
resented only % per cent Of thu
national income.
q. When were telephone direc'
tories first issued?-E. OBJ.
A. Directories were first issued ir
1878 simply as lists of names oi
subscribers. and operators relied or
their memories in putting through
calls. The proposal to use mum.
bers Is credited to DR.. Moses Greeley
Parker of Lowell, Mass, who, during
an epidemic Of measles feared the
effect upon telephone service II the
operators were taken Ill.
@. Should a collective noun be fol-
lowed by singular or plural verb?-
Nm.
A. A collective noun used as q
subject requires singular verb
when it denotes unity Of action on
the part Of the group. A plural verb
is used only when individual ac-
tions or opinions differing one from
another are implied.
Q. What compensation does the
Duke Of Windsor receive as governor
Of the Bahamas?-E. E.
A. The salary is 5000 pounds, Of
approximately $4,000 a year.
Q. What are the best sources o.
vitamin APP. N.
A. Green and leafy vegetables
carrots, sweet potatoes, apricots ane
prunes and fish liver oils are ex.
cellent sources. One authority ha.
estimated that half cup of prop.
erly cooked green's has two or thre.
times the daily requirement.
Q. What was the first ship Of the
British Navy?-G. G.
A. The Great Harry is said to be
the first ship which, strictly speak.
ing, belonged to the Royal Navy. Il
was built in 1888 and had thre,
masts and as late as the year 154.
was the only ship Of that build il
the English fleet.
Evening star., 1944-02-05

nications Com
mission, declar-
ing that IN e
evidence devel-
oped before that
committee does
not support any
such blanket ap-
rroval Of t h e
p r e s ide e n t's
course.
4; Attention was
drawn in that
connection to
the Presidents
refusal to grant
a request from
fine Joint, United
Evening star., 1944-02-05
PIustics Manufacturer Dies

NEW YORK, Feb. S tP).-William
Ihlele. 81. chairman of the board
and president of the Catalin Corp,
OF America, plastics manufacturers,
died in New York hospital yesterday.
Evening star., 1944-02-05
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ANSWERS to
Questions

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Evening star., 1944-02-05

VI i OIIlICS
BY DAVID LAWRENCE,

counsel for the House Committee
Investigating the Federal Commu-
Evening star., 1944-02-05

Q. What was the first ship Of the
British Navy?-G. G.
A. The Great Harry is said to be
the first ship which, strictly speak
ing, belonged to the Royal Navy. It
was built in 1888 and had three
masts and as late as the year 1916
was the only ship Of that build ir
the English fleet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-24

1.-THE following story aBas writ-
ten by First 1t. Weldon James,
Marine Corps public relations
officer recently returned from
oDerSeaS.)
The Marine Corps today revealed
the story of "the corporal who
wouldn't give up"
The Leatherneck hero escaped
from Corregidor the day it sur
rendered, became a first lieutenant
in the Army, fought with the guer-
rillas in the Philippines for nearly
two years escaped, re-enlisted in the
marines, demanded combat duty
and again is overseas where the
Japs are thickest.
Now a sergeant, the rugged, blue
eyed fighter is Reid C. Chamber
lain, Is, of Ell Cajon, Calf, whose
Distinguished Service Cross citation
early this year was limited for Sc
curity reasons, to terse affirmation
Of extraordinary heroism in ac-
ton :"
First reported missing, then dead,
then secretly alive" young Cham
berlain was a joyous secret in
deed to his mother, Mrs. Elite May
Chamberlain of Ell Cajon.
Fought First on Bataan.
Serving with the 4th Marines, Pfc.
Chamberlain fought first on Bataan,
where he won promotion to corporal,
then on Corregidor.
When the impending surrender of
1.-THE Rock was announced on the
morning of May 6, 1912, the corporal,
with several marine and Army COM
panions, escaped in a motor launch.
How they got from island to is
land, where and how they served
with guerrilla bands in 1912 may not
be told.
Near the end of the year they ac-
quired q launch and set out for
China.
Their engine failed some 70 miles
at sea. They drifted % days before
landing again in the Philippines.
Corpl. Chamberlain, another
A1llc1 lSdA dllo bWO llplllSS dC-
quired a native sailboat, eventually
set sail for Australia. The corporal
changed his mind and returned to
the Philippines with some inter-
islanders who put him in touch with
a guerrilla outfit.
Struggled in Munitions.
The corporal went outside" for
the guerrillas, smuggled in guns,
powder, lead, gasoline. A guerrilla
leader, a colonel in the United States
Army. commissioned him a second
lieutenant and, six adventure-filled
later, promoted him to first
lieutenant.
After two years in the Philippines,
First 1t. Chamberlain finally came
back to America.
In Washington the paper confu-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-24
| Former Roosevelt Aide
Leads Maisuwa Attack

BY the Associated Press.
PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUAR-
TIERS, Pearl Harbor, Nov. 24.-Ad-
vancing unmolested to within 600
miles OF the Japanese home island
of Hokkaido, warships of the United
States 9Th Fleet shelled Matsuwa
Island Tuesday, Admiral Chester W.
Nimitz announced yesterday.
Great fires and explosions were
observed during the attack on the
Kurile Island base and no American
ship was damaged, Admiral Nimitz
said. Japanese batteries along the
fogbound coast remained silent.
It was the third time Matsuwa
has been under naval gunflre.
The task force In Tuesdays at
tack was under Rear Admiral John
L. McCrea, former aid to President
Roosevelt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-24
U. ). Will Build Arabian
Pipeline, Ickes Predicts
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 24.-Interior
Secretary Ickes predicted yesterday
the Government will build the con-
troversial Arabian pipeline, widely
discussed last summer, and that
other such lines may be built in
the Mediterranean area.
Writing in Golfers Magazine,
Mr.. Ickes charged American oil
| executives, commentators and
newspapers had done to sdeath
without benefit of clergy" the pipe
line proposal which Mr.. Ickes had
championed.
The line as proposed would ex-
tend from Saudi Arabian oil fields
to the Mediterranean. The cost,
$125 100000, would be paid by the
Government, which, in turn, would
be repaid by Standard Oil Co. of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-24
old Blue Ration Tokens Going
To Near East to Pay Refugees
~ ths Axsoc,at.d press

~ the Associated Press.
Yugoslav refugee workers who
turned down money are going tc
be paid in old blue ration tokens
no longer valid In the United States
The United Nations Relief and
Rehabilitation Administr q ton
which runs the Middle East refugee
camps, disclosed today that mil
lion used tokens are on their way
to the area.
About 5000 persons who fed the
war In Yugoslavia are being cared
for in six camps. The refugees
themselves built the camps, keep
them In repair and do all other
necessary work in the centers.
When the question Of paying them
so they could buy little luxuries such
as tobacco, needles and writing paper
arose, they refused to accept money,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-24
Jap Burma Stronghold
Penetrated byChinese
BY the Associated Press.

SOUTHEAST ASIA COMMAND
HEADQUARTERS, HANDY, Cey-
Ion, Nov. 24.-Chinese troops have
driven into the japanese strong
hold of Bhamo, key to Central
Burma, from the south and the
northeast. Admiral Lord Louis
Mountbatten's command announced
today.
A communique said strong ,Japa-
nese positions were preached at two
points in the southern part of the
town while single Chinese column
deepened the wedge in the northern
suburbs. Bhamo was surrounded
by Allied forces nearly two weeks
ago.
In the railway corridor west of
Bhamo troops of the 36th British
Division opened an attack on Pinwe
yesterday, crossing the Gyobin
Chaung and taking their first OBJ
jectives.
On the Chindwin front ground
and air operations were continued
against enemy positions west OF
Kalewa. Allied planes destroyed
five bridges in the area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-24

UNRRA reported.
The camp self-government COM
mittees decided that some sort Of
work incentive was needed, however
so an UNRRA of1icial struck on the
idea Of sending over discarded
United States ration tokens.
The tokens are exchangeable for
personal items at the camp canteen.
The once Of Price Administra-
ton said 1t would be glad to furnish
the tokens.
An UNRRA spokesman said the
refugees refused money for their
work because they considered their
efYortsla contribution to the war.
The United States discontinued
use of the blue ration tokens several
months ago when most processed
foods were removed from ration
control.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-24
BIaskowitz Reported
Withdrawn as Head Of
Nazi West Front Army
BY the Associated Press.


LONDON, Nov. "a. - Uncon-
f1rmed reports from the German
frontier today said Marshal Jo-
hannes Blaskowitz, commander
of the German 10Th Army in
rout on the southern end of the
Western Front, had been with
drawn from his command.
The same information reaching
London said Marshal Blaskowits
would not be succeeded. His com
mand has been taking terrific pun
ishment from the United States TIL
and Sd and the French LIST Armies
on the front from Metz south to the
Swiss frontier.
Latest advices said up to 10 OF the
10th Army's understood divisions
were in precarious positions in the
Vosges Mountains, pinned against
the Rhine. 1t is believed, however
that many have escaped to the
refuge of the Siegfried Line, east
of the river in that sector.
The information concerning Mar
shall Blaskowitz said two army
groups in the future would defend
the western front; Group CT" COM
manded by Marshal Walther Won
Model in the north, and Group &C. ~
under Gen. Hermann Balck in the
south.
This was accepted as logical de-
velopment in London military cir
cles. The French-American slash to
the Rhine in the south has shortened
the Nazi front west of that deep,
wide river-an area in which Gen.
Eisenhower says the decisive action
will be fought out.
Marshal Blaskowitz was known as
close friend of Marshal Gerd Won
Rundstedt, German supreme COM
mander in the west.
There was speculation here that
Marshal Blaskowitz might be sent
to Italy, but this was based on the
rumor, current for a week, without
confirmation, that something had
happened to Marshal Albert Kessel-
ring in that theater.
Gen. Balck, named as the new
commander of the southern wing of
the western front, previously was
reported to have commanded a
mobile group in the center of the
German line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-24
Earthquake Reported;
Believed in For Poetic

~ the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-TWO every
severe" earthquake shocks, believed
to have occurred in Burma or the
Solomon Islands, were recorded on
the Fordham University seismo-
graph early today, the Rev. Joseph
Lynch, director Of the university
observatory, said today.
The first shock was recorded at
1:08.56 am, followed by another at
1:1028 am, Father Lynch said.