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Evening star., 1944-03-08
Reverse Lease-Lend
Set al Two Billion
Annually by Crowley
Ry tho Associated preee

BY the Associated Press.
The volume of reverse lease-lend
aid furnished to tie United States
by its Allies is increasing steadily,
Leo T. Crowley, foreign economic
administrator, told the House For
eign Affairs Committee today.
THE air offensive against Ger
many and the invasion coasts of
Europe would have been impossible
on the present scale without both
lease lend and reverse lease LEND"
he said in presenting this picture:
BY the first of this year the
United States was receiving reverse
lease-lend aid from the United
Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand
and India at rate of $4,000, 900 900
a year, compared with a little more
than $1,000, ,000,0 a year for the IL
months ended June 30, 1943.
The British Commonwealth thus
leads in reverse lease-lend supplies
and services, but similar aid is also
being received by the United States,
as the need arises, from the French
Committee of National Liberation,
Belgium, the Netherlands, Russia
and China.
Air Forces Aided.
Testifying in behalf of pending
legislation to extend lease-lend op-
erations authority for the next fiscal
year, Mr.. Crowley said approx
mately one-third of all supplies and
equipment currently required by
American forces in the United King
dom is supplied by the British as
reverse lease-lend without cost to
us.
In addition to planes, guns and
other items of military equipment,
the United States has received more
than a billion and a quarter pounds
of food from the United Kingdom,
Australia, New Zealand and India,
plus the use OF numerous facilities
and services, on which Mr.. Crowley
said no dollars and cents value could
be placed. ~ ...s...
No Objections Seen.
The legislation has met no opposi-
ton and may be reported unani-
by the committee.
There might be some debate
when the question of providing ap-
preparations comes up later" Chair
man Bloom said, "but no one seems
to object to continuing the program
as long as it is needed"
Two more Government officials
were to testify today in behalf of
the bill. They are Dean Acheson,
Assistant Secretary of State, and
Rear Admiral Emory S. Land, chair
man of the Maritime Commission.
Secretary of the Navy Knox is to
testify tomorrow.
Evening star., 1944-03-08
GripshoIm Due 10 Dock
March IS in Jersey City
BY the ASsociat

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Mar 8.-The liner
Gripsholm, bringing Americans
home from Germany, will reach New
York Harbor late Tuesday and will
dock in Jersey City about 9 am.
Wednesday, March Is, American
Export Lines announced today.
The line, operating the 18,134-ton
vessel for the War Shipping Admin
istration. said the Decentralization
period was expected to last approx
imately 48 hours.
Relatives and friends wishing to
arrange for meetings with the re-
patriates were advised to contact the
American Red Cross chapter here
Only passengers. officials and
newspapermen will be allowed on the
pier during the embarkation period
the line said.
The announcement said the Red
Cross had made these plans to facil-
itate reunions of relatives and
friends and the repatriates, who
sailed from Lisbon Monday.
Evening star., 1944-03-08
Dr.. Thomas Nicholson, 81,
Prohibition Leader, Dies
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the ASSOC1ated PreSS.
MOUNT VERNON, Iowa, Mar. 8.
DR.. Thomas Nicholson, 81, a
former president of the Antisaloon
League of America and retired
Methodist bishop, died last night at
his home here.
He served as resident bishop of
the Chicago area from 1916 to 1924
and as bishop Of the Detroit area
from 1924 to 1892. He was president
of the Antisaloon League from 1921
to 1892.
A member Of the International
YMCA and of the Executive Com
mittee of the Federal Council of
Churches, he represented the church
at the international conferences in
Ireland, England and Europe as a
member of the commission which
organized the Methodist Church in
Korea.
Surviving are his widow and a
daughter, Mrs. Allen Whitney of
Akron, Ohio.
Evening star., 1944-03-08
Charles F. Brown Dies;
Descendant of Putnam
BY the Associateo Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Mar. 8.-Charles
Frederick Brown, 81, known as the
dean of the molasses business, dieo
yesterday at his winter home in
Winter Park, Fla, relatives here an
nounced.
A direct descendant of Peregrine
White, first baby born on the May
flower. and Gen. Israel Putnam OF
Colonial fame, Mr.. Brown was cred
tied in the industry with being the
first molaSses merchant to market
the product in cans.
He founded the Southern Molasses
Co. in New York in 1891 and re-
mained active in business until two
years ago.
Evening star., 1944-03-08
Veterans Bonus Bill
Gets Off 10 Bad Start
On Debut in Senate
By the Associated Press.

The veterans bonus bill. backed
by five service groups and providing
benefits as high as $4,000 for over
seas fighting men, has gotten off to
a bad start in the Senate.
Over the protests of it's authors,
Senators johnson of Colorado and
Reynolds of North Carolina, Demo-
Gratis, the Senate version of the bill
was referred yesterday to the
Finance Committee for study,
rather than to the Military Affairs
Committee which Senator Reynolds
heads.
In the Finance Committee, it
will 60 automatically to a subcom-
mittee headed by Senator Clark,
Democrat, Of Missouri, one Of the
founders of the American Legion
and a backer of the Legion's rival
&C. l." benefit bill.
Senator Reynolds told the Senate
he was perfectly willing to vote
$4,000, 10000 now for the benefit
OF the servicemen. Senator john
son said he didn't know whether the
bill would cost $4,000, ,0O0,0 or
10000, 100000.
1t provides maximum bonuses of
$500 for men and women who
served in the United States and a
top Of $4,500 for those who were
sent abroad. The benefits would be
calculated on basis of 50 a day
for home service and $4 daily for
overseas service, with an extra credit
of $500 for wounded.
The so-called &c. l." bill proposes
$500 mastering pay for 18
months overseas service, along with
educational training, unemployment
aid, unemployment insurance and
loans for the purchase of farms and
homes.
Senator johnson said a million
men already have been discharged
from the services and called for
action now.
Evening star., 1944-03-08
Polish Circles Resent
London Reports Of
Rejection
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, Mar. 8.-British news
papers said today that Russia hao
rejected the latest Polish compro-
mise offer to settle the Russo-Polish
boundary dispute, but Premier STAN
islaw Mikolajczyk declared that his
Polish government in exile had not
been informed about it.
There was strong resentment In
Polish circles over reports published
by the London Press and circulated
by diplomats that the Soviets had
rejected the plan for a temporary
settlement-a proposal which Miko-
lajczyk described as British rather
than Polish suggestion.
The Poles felt that their govern
ment should have been informed ii
Stain had refused to agree to the
plan transmitted to the Soviets by
Prime Minister Churchill.
It was understood here that in re-
jecting the counterproposals the
Kremlin reiterated that no under
standing can be reached unless GER
tain allegedly "anti-Soviet" elements
are eliminated from the exiled gov
ernment, and the Curzon Line is ac-
cepted as Poland's eastern boundary.
No knowledge Of Soviet Refusal.
Mikola jczyk was asked:
"In view of the Russian refusal of
the Polish compromise offer, do you
see any further hope for re-estab-
lishment of relations between the
Polish and Soviet governments?"
The Polish Premier replied:
II regret not to be able to answer
your question, as the Polish govern
ment has no knowledge of a Soviet
refusal to the latest suggestions Of
the British government"
The compromise offer in the Polish
reply called for Polish administra-
ton of territories west of the Curzon
Line, with notifications to include
Wilma and Lwow on the Polish side.
Permanent boundaries would be fixed
by negotiations with the elected gov
ernment in Poland after the war.
This plan was approved by the Pol
ish cabinet after heated sessions
in which Mikolajczyk threatened to
resign.
Dissatisfied With British Handling.
The Poles now are openly dissatis-
fled with British handling of their
negotiations with Moscow after Mr..
Churchill's support of Soviet de-
mands, as voiced in his speech of
February %, and are looking forward
to the visit of United States Under
secretary of State Edward Stet-
tinius.
Some Poles say Washington is op-
posed to the Churchill-Stalin idea Of
giving Poland slices Of Germany.
Mikolajczyk is said to have taken
the firm stand that no Polish gov
ernment in exile can cede territory
to the Russians without an election
in Poland.
Thus the Russo-Polish dispute ap-
peared headed for almost a deadlock
which even mass Polish cabinet res
ignations could not break in face of
the persistent Moscow demand for
settlement of the boundary question
now
Evening star., 1944-03-08

American and Allied soldiers eat
approximately half million meals a
month in American Red Cross clubs
In England.
Evening star., 1944-03-08
Former Lepke Henchman
Seriously III in Prison

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Mar. 8.-Jacoh
(Gurrah Shapiro, former hench-
man and boyhood friend Of Louis
Uepke) Buchalter, who was exc
cuted in Sing Sing last week, is re-
ported seriously Ill in the city prison
hospital on Rikers Island.
Shapiro interrupted a five-week
trial last September to plead guilty
to participation in the extortion of
more than $1,0OO,OOO from the gar
ment industry. He faces manda-
tory prison term of from Is years
to life as a fourth-time felony
offender. but sentencing has been
postponed twice because of his ILL
ness
Evening star., 1944-03-08
FEC
Continued From First Page }

Continued From First Page.)
been working for freedom of speech
and freedom of the press" rather
than, as charged, against it. As
sertlng that one of the problems
has been world communications he
said the British have Disseminated
against American news services by
giving Reuters (British) Agency spe-
cial rates.
Cites Kent Cooper's Book.
AS an example, he cited a story
that might originate in South At
rica: Reuters sends it to London
much cheaper than the Associated
Press could. He referred to the
book, Barriers Down" by Kent
Cooper, executive director of the
Associated Press, as interesting
reading for the committee on this
score. In this book Mr.. Coope,
called for unrestricted world trade
in news communications.
The British use of London for
clearing all empire communications
has set up bottleneck that the
FEC also is trying to eliminate, he
added. Asked if that bottleneck
permits the British to nose in" on
American commercial information
Mr.. Fly said it did. He said the
New York State Manufacturers As
sociation complained that a firm
had obtained an option on some
raw materials from South Africa,
but 1t was held up in London until
it expired:
Assails Carey.
This charge about freedom of
speech and of the press which has
been cuffed around this committee
room-I fail to find any action of
the commission to SubStantiate it.
he declared.
I'VE have taken every action to
encourage the free flow of news by
trying to obtain cheaper rates and
seeking agreements with other gov
ernmentS."
Mr.. Fly accused the committee
former counsel, Eugene L. Carey, oi
conducting a star chamber smear
against the FEC and said he would
prove that the commission had
lfunctioned properly and in the pub
lie interest.
Evening star., 1944-03-08
FOUND.

BRINDLE BULL. English. male found in
vicinity Conn. ave. and Mckinley SITS. NV.
Call between and pm. WI. 29s4, or
call at 5o21 Conn. ave,
KEYS, bunch, found on Warder St nv,
RED SETTER PUPPY, female, in vicinity
of Silver Sprine. Call 81. 9255.
Evening star., 1944-03-08
LOST.

~ LOST.
BAssET HOUND. 3 miles south Of Alexan
urla, Va. male, black, with brown anc
sn tss exsra on collars sIsf No aaa
{eward. Temple Shoe Shop Alexandria
BILLFOLD. red leather, containing about
S65, several cards and papers. Ensign
Helen Acree, 1875 Mintwood pl. NV b
G., or phone Republic 740o. Ext. $500
BOWLING SHOES, light brown, in black
sSan seioIn nag, or9wp socks in shoes, Cal RE.
BRxCELET, small an pearl, with ing gold d 'S Clasp
h hsIl RI and Westehesser 4 xpts 'Ss; Reward ard
1FA6EiET; Taa6 1a]a imitation ruby. by rhinestone
sSSAaRMfN2r fisS R h2 1sGt sise, small diamond ,r
goGKNR geadns bapd sP.Efk, RA s55s Si1ppv .,ou,
months old; deep buff: answers to name Of
SoSKfa sfAa,fTy sise m5s
halter. name "BiackieS; strayed Sunday Sunday
ratrn afternoon; seryiSe%ans aSes pet. Reward fol
iIi DIAMOND i ~ KINS, = IMemnaay, m March 8, gi1th
and Rxa sts Go so END asse Of Mt Pleasant car line.
FeTNTAIN PES' Es.', l.dy's, sehaefrer, IN hall
gold with name Joe Merrill" Call HO.
EaslaD to sh sa ssa from weos
9 ls saa fnd r. Bunker aae ns a r. sps Gait
snd e MasomS a s,,;; ana 10Th asas sas Gesstituson
DsNrcA4ioN ss HsE s1EeT ass heavy
sd oestns % g. s. Tisn a3s sshann snsravsd
KODAK, folding, go, Contained ed in black black
leather case; on H St car. Sunday evening.
aesT Gs arR M sla n brown s.
sasgy ss: Reward. Ho. sasl, ~
lost an tleS rse IN
Va and Waldorf. Md. Reward. Oxford
ssss, sSSF s dann ssn. e'f A1si @s'ss
REAkLs, lost Tuesday evening between
rs dM asaa pfssse return
oae Mrs sns Tsssydd Hsoe r. Ron as m %
POCKETBOOK, lady's, brown: Sat. night
On Ga. ave. car; containing S23 or more
4: also church cards: Owned by Wilbert A.
Rollins and Gladys V; Rollins. 1902 Win
dem dem 81 st. Brentwood. Nd; g..
envelope, letter; Takoma or Alaska ave. car;
Sunday, March 8: Reward. RA. 1850. Sc
emRsE' ladys, black; IN Union Station
pers, eyeglasses, also money. Reward.
RED RED WALLET with name sunny" Re-
ward Mrs. Diamond. Hobart 1906 300
Conn. ave. NV, Apt. 400.
RUGS, 2. grass and Wilton, .9x12, in roll:
lost of truck between Leland st. and
UNDERWOOD foRTABfE TYPEWRITER,
ward to finder. Notify Box 4O7-E, Star. So
Hotel. containing large sum Of money and
return return papers. a. CAPT 6. r Smith. Hn s. gnu
money and ration books "A" and b" gas
s db to Robert Md mGT 42 W s.
WALLET. belonging medical oficer, con;
tanning cash, checks important personal
papers. A and gas coupons for Govt.
sss aaf fHs7 with Go check Ok Ssssoe Ssss
sonai papers, identification. M. Municipal
q s; 4; Reward Phone olebe 2o4e
lost vic. Hillcrest-Fairfax Village Sc Re
WRIST WATCH. lady's, gold filed oblong.
gilt face, narrow leather strap, watch No.
- RewsTa Phone AD. sl47:
WRIST WATCH, lady's. red gold. dia-
monds, rubies: in vicinity Of GEORGETOWN
Hospital on Tuesday, March =. Reward.
WR1sT WATCH, mans yellow gold wal
than, 21-jewel, between 1116 Euclid st.
nv. and 14th and Park I'd, Monday.
MRisr sa wATcA stsiaess shenSs steeI e Nov MoSado
lost Sun; afternoon, downtown Or Wesley
Heights bus. Reward: DE. 642l; =.
WRIST WATCH. diamond. engraved Flo"
WRIST WATCH. Loneine. lost in cab.
Reward. Phone RE 1856.
Evening star., 1944-03-08
CoroIines and MorshoIIs
Bombed and Strofed
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUAR-
TIERS, Pearl Harbor Mar. 8.-Ja-
pans important bases of Ponape
and Kusaie in the Eastern Carolines,
its phosphate-rich island of Nauru
and four enemy-held atolls of the
Eastern Marshall Islands were
bombed and strafed Sunday by
American planes. Two raiders were
lost.
Announcing the raids yesterday
Admiral Chester w. Nimitz's head
quarters said pilots reported heavy
explosions on the airfield at Ponape,
where ground installations and the
harbor area were damaged Mod
crate ground fire was encountered.
Thirty tons of bombs hit targets
on Kusaie and Ponape. It was the
sixth time that heavy tonnage of
explosives had been reported dropped
on those islands since mid February.
Aviation facilities, ground installa-
tions and harbor areas at Kusaie
were damaged.
Two Navy Hellcat fighters were
lost in the attacks in the Marshalls,
presumably to antiaircraft fire.
Thirty-flve tons of bombs were
dropped there. There was no men
ton in the press release of air in
Perception.
Navy search Liberators made the
Iattack on Nauru. That island, about
500 statute miles southeast of
Kusaie, is the source of much OF
Japans phosphates, feed for war
machines. Sundays raid was the
fifth this year on Nauru, former
British inundated island.
Kusaie and Ponape, outpost de-
fenses for Truk, Japans major base
in the Central Pacific, have been
raided frequently in recent weeks
KuSaie was hit eight times in Feb
ruary and three times SO far this
month. Ponape had six raids in
February and four this month,
Evening star., 1944-03-08
Taxpayers Offered Help

To assist taxpayers in making out
their State income tax returns for
l943 a representative of the State
controllers Office will be at the
Rockville (Md) courthouse until
$3.50 pm. tomorrow and Friday. He
will be at the office of the Circuit
Court clerk.
Evening star., 1944-03-08
Crocksmen Waste
Hours Opening
Empty Safe

Safecrackers removed the
door from the Atlas Auto
Works safe, at IS Hanover
street NV, last night, but
the hours spent diligently filing
the lock were wasted.
AS the police incidental sue
cinctly put it, Nothing was
missing because the safe was
empty"
The auto shop is owned by
Joseph V. Stanton of 1882 Van
Buren, street NV.
Evening star., 1944-03-08
Pacific
Continued From First Page.)

troopers of the 1st Cavalry Division
dashed ashore at Los Negros and
quickly captured the Momote air.
drome. Stiff fighting followed and
in one battle more than TOO Japa-
nese died.
Destroyers Continue Bombardment.
A headquarters spokesman said
the Americans had pushed north of
Momote airf1eld to Salami Planta-
ton and west almost 3 miles to
Porlaka on Seadler Harbor, which
separates Los Negros and Manus
Island, to the west.
Meanwhile, American destroyers
continued almost daily lombard
ments OF the chain of small islands
along the north rim of Seadler Har-
Dor. One destroyer closed within 800
yards OF Hauwei Island and silenced
two shore batteries.
Two Japanese 4.7-inch naval guns
were captured in their concrete en-
placements when Porlaka was
taken.
The marine landing on Willaumez
Peninsula, New Britain, was miles
northwest of Talasea. Hitting the
beach without benefit of naval bonn
bardment, but we'll covered by fight
Ier planes, the Leathernecks pushed
forward toward Talasea, where there
is an airfield.
Aerial attacks on Cape Hoskins,
where 80 tons of bombs were
dropped on an enemy airdrome, and
on japanese targets on Riebeck and
Stettin Bays, all in the vicinity of
Willaumez Peninsula, aided the ma
rine thrust.
Allied bombers loosed 110 tons Of
explosives on japanese troop con-
Icentrations around the perimeter of
the American beachhead at Cape
Torokina, on Empress Augusta Bay,
Bougainville Island in the Solomons.
Evening star., 1944-05-14

several months supply IN her desk
drawer. Very soon her mother finds
it's Just as neat and handy to keep at
home . Doctor-invented and made
of surgical cotton livery absorbent),
Tampax solves many problems d
monthly sanitary protection Tam
pax is norm internaHy-no belts, no
pins, no odor, no chafng. Readily in
serted with ingenious throw-awayap-
plicator and it is not even felt when IN
place. Easy disposal, too. Three
sizes of Tampax sold at drug stores,
notion counters. Average months
supply, 29c. Investigate dhis modern
method today. Tampax incorporated,
Palmer, Mass.
Evening star., 1944-05-14

meaning. "I'm paralyzed - God
help me, I'm paralyzedr
1t was terror raid - the knowl-
edge of that and the paralyzed girl
were turning stoical faces into masks
of fear. The second wave of bombers
came with a Iescendo of jagged
sound. We forgot the girl as we
thought of cur own self-preserva-
ton.
The barrage lifted.
"All clear?" quavered a fright
ened woman.
''Be over in a minute. " the warden
called with forced cheerfulness.
| KNEW he lied - ack-ack fire told
of third wave of bombers.
Then the girl appeared. followed
by the nurse. l didn't catch on for a
second. then it hit me. The girl was
walking - swiftly and without diff
Guilty. Her face was vivid scarlet.
Strangely, the nurse was laughing.
Catching her breath, the nurse
whispered something to those near
est her. In a moment that whis-
pered explanation was being passed
along from person to person.
Strained, taut mouths curved with
broad grins. Grins gave way to
laughter which caught and spread.
Never N9ind the Bosabs
OVERHEAD the drone of enemy
planes grew louder and louder, but
the fear that had held us before was
gone. The tension was broken.
Everyone was laughing over what
the nurse had said:
"She wasn't paralyzed Just
frightened. She was asleep when the
sirens sounded. She leaped out OF
bed. and into her clothes. She was so
excited she put both feet through one
leg of her panties. No wonder she
couldn't run"
The sound of planes became lost
in the storm of hilarity and nervous
relief. The terror of the Luftwaffe
had been defeated by England's
sense of humOr.
Evening star., 1944-05-14
Young Ideas
usually win
in the end!
Rcd improvements ike Tonp~
make si.s1 oppsd TO 10th
ooaorofioas"

When the younger
feminine set really
gets an idea it's only
a question of time
before the older wo-
men are won over
too. For instance, the
business girl finds
Tampax is 50 COM
pact she can keep
Evening star., 1944-05-14

You say you want good whole
grain nourishment! You say you
want delicious flavor! Tell you
what you want to do! Have milk,
Evening star., 1944-05-14
She was carried into
the afraid shelter.
Theneveryonelaughed

TkE German Luftwaffe has been
over England in recent months.
and again the British people have
been called upon to take it - just as
they took it during those months in
1910.
But this time there is difference.
Now the English are. buoyed up by
the knowledge that we are winning.
and that the Nazi raids are puny
compared to the terrific smashes the
Raj and the American Air Forces
have made against Germany.
In 1910. the British just had to
take it and grin. And Britain's humor
was a bulwark of defense that the
Nazis will never understand.
/ remember the first time our
town caught it, in May. 1910. The
bombing of Warsaw and Rotterdam
still echoed, and we were uneasy.
Here They Cozne!
WHEN heard the sirens early that
bright sunny morning, l ducked
into the sand-bagged cellar of a
beauty parlor. 1t was shelter typi-
cal of the time - hastily construct
ed. but to some measure adequate.
They're after the depotT the
warden muttered. / knew the place.
1t was too close for comfort.
The piercing whistle of a bomb
made us instinctively duck. A child
screamed; timbers heaved and the
floor jiggied. 1t had been pretty
close.
Then we saw the girl.
She appeared to be in her early
twenties as she staggered across
the street. Head and shoulders
thrust forward, she seemed to be
making desperate attempts to run.
but her legs were moving awkward
ly. She stumbled and fell as we
reached her side.
When we entered the shelter and
handed her to the nurse. the girl was
Evening star., 1944-05-14

fruit, and Wheaties, breakfast
of Champions" Whole wheat
fakes, good to eat - that's
Wheaties. Get your share.
Evening star., 1944-01-19
STREET. Declares Nation
Is Unprepared for Peace

If Germany should collapse soon,
we would not be prepared for peace
as We were not prepared for war
when the japanese bombed Pearl
Harbor, Clarence K. STREET, president
of Federal Union, Inc, told the Fed
eral Union Forum yesterday at
the YWCA.
Representative McMurray, Demo-
crat, of Wisconsin told the forum
we are economically unprepared for
the end of the war. Men and women
in the armed forces will be "out of
jobs: factories once turning out war
materials will return to manufac-
turing civilian needs, but we will not
be organized to convert these war
needs to civilian necessities. We
must be organized now, he told the
forum, if we are to be prepared for
the cessation of hostilities.
Other speakers included John
Veg. former professor of govern
ment at Iowa State University, and
DR.. Paul F. Douglass, president of
American University, who acted as
moderator also
John H. Ford, national treasurer
Of the union, presided at the
meeting.