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Evening star., 1944-07-13
| Jap Troops, Seeking
Escape Route, Attack
|Yanks Near Aiiape
~ the Associated Press

ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS, New Guinea, July
lS.-Ending two months Of smol-
dering quiet, Japan's trapped
bypassed 18th Army has sudden.
ly and viciously attacked Ameri-
cans entrenched near Aitape
British New Guinea.
Headquarters announced today
that the japanese. faced with star
yation or eventual erasure between
advancing Australian and American
troops, had massed heavy force
apparently in the hope of blasting
an escape route for 5000 men west
ward through Aitape into Dutch
New Guinea.
Opening skirmishes with our out
guard and reconnaissance groups
now are taking place." the com.
munique reported.
The Japanese, after massing fol
several days, attacked Monday night
along the Driniumor River 81 mile,
east OF American occupied Aitape.
The Americans. veterans of the
New Guinea campaigns at Buna and
Saidor, dug In and held.
The japanese renewed their as.
saults Tuesday. Results OF that &C.
ton have not been disclosed. Alliec
planes raked the 100 miles of enemy.
held coast east to the Australian.
held Sepik River.
When the Americans landed a,
Aitape April AZ, the strength of tn.
by-passed japanese 18th Army
commanded by Gen. Hatazo Adachi
was estimated at 10000. Air BON.
'bardment and privation possibly ha.
reduced the force by Is per cent.
A headquarters spokesman, askec
why the Japs were trying to break
out OF the trap, said: They lose il
they sit because they'll starve tc
death"
Should the japanese music,
enough strength to make their way
into Dutch New Guinea. they still
would face American blocks at Hol-
landia, 125 miles west of Aitape
and In the Sarmimafin Bay area
l2O miles beyond Hollandia.
Evening star., 1944-07-13
Is Dead Identified
In Trailer Camp Crash
BY the Associated Press.

by Inc ASSOC ate0 PreSs
SOUTH PORTLAND, Me-, July Is
Identification of the l6 bodies o.
those who died in the plunge of ar
Army plane into the Westbrool
trailer camp near the Portland Air.
port yesterday was completed las,
night.
Twelve of the % persons injured
are still in the Maine General Hos
pital, the names of six being on the
danger list.
Soldiers dug all day through de-
bris to determine If any bodies re-
mained.
Army officials from Grenier Field
N. H.; Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton men, representatives of the
State attorney generals office and
municipal officials conducted in
Quiries into the disaster.
The identified dead:
1t. Philip I. Russell, %, U. S. A
A, F., South Portland; Sergt. Wallace
Mifflin, U. S. A. A. F., Seattle, Wash.
plane crewman; Edward A. Gerrish
80, Orono: George E. Robertson, jr..
9 months: James Little, 4: Nancy
Little, 2; Gordon German, AZ, for
merly of Gorham, N. H.; Mrs. Cor
don German, "a; Clarence S. Humes,
jr.. 36, Limington; Mrs. Edna M
Humes. 33; John Hume, 2; Mrs.
Hazel v. Little, "a mother of James
and Nancy; Mrs. Virginia Gerrish
26. and two Of her four children
Roberta, 7, and Rose, 4, and Jennie
Allen, 50.
Evening star., 1944-07-13
Invasion
Continued From First Page J

coupled with pressure to the west
would be calculated to force the Ger
mans to withdraw completely from
the Cherbourg Peninsula.
To the west, the American
cleared the Germans out of tn,
Laland Mauduit coastal area south
west of La Haye du Puts and north
west of Lessay.
Vesly Is Captured.
They captured Vesly, 2l2 miles
northeast of Lessay. and pushed or
for another half mile.
To the northeast and east they
captured the road functions of St
German and Gorges, 3 miles north
east and Az miles north, respec-
lively. of Periers.
Northeast of Periers and north
west OF St. Lo the Germans Were
driven out Of part OF the Bois du
Hommet. thick wood concea]ine
supply dumps
The Berlin radio asserted
fresh American divisions were
pouring into Normandy direct
from the United States and
added the Allies. through hun
dreds of loud-speakers on the
front, were urging the Germans
to desert
Seesaw fighting continued in thu
Caen sector. where the British re.
captured Maltot. The German
launched fierce and repeated
| counterattacks with infantry anc
tanks.
Within few hours yesterday tn.
Germans attacked the key Hill II:
twice The first attack, with two
battalions of infantry and 40 to 81
tanks, was beaten off with wha
supreme headquarters described a!
considerable tank casualties fol
the Germans. Another but smaller
attack with about 20 tanks alst
failed
Front dispatches said fightine
continued throughout the night, ane
today the British still were en-.
trenched solidly atop blood,
"Crucif1x HILL" which was carpetee
by the bodies of scores of German!
who died in 36 hours of bittel
fighting.
Heavy fighting also took place ir
the area between the Odon and thu
Orne River south Of Caen.
Further intensive fighting oc-
CURED around Tilly-sur- -Seulle. bu
neither side registered notable gain.
| there.
Although the weather was cold
and overcast skies held Allied all
power far behind its potentialities, 8
big fleet of RAF night bombers hit
rail targets in France.
Field dispatches said all bridge.
over the Orne River south of Caer
and behind the Germans in the
Orne-Odon River triangle had beer
blown up and the Germans had nj
choice but to fight to the last o,
surrender.
Evening star., 1944-07-13

It would be = good thing to let you
see how they operate" said Mr.
Patterson. 4 World War veteran.
Besides the BOBBY traps and
tricky mines. the general stan room
where press conferences are held
was lined with every type Of weapon
= doughboy uses in combat.
There was a new japanese BOBBY
trap, q nashlight stamped with q
United States brand. This con-
traption had one battery in 1t that
was okay but II another was
touched, 1t exploded.
One OF the officers stepped on Z
Evening star., 1944-07-13
Mrs. Alice Lane, 10,
Traffic Victim, Dies

Mrs. Alice Lane. 10. of 3l33 Con-
necticut avenue NV, mother Of
the wife of Maj. Cen. BENJAMIN c
Lockwood, died today in Waite,
Reed Hospital from injuries re.
ceived Tuesday when a taxicab tr
which she was q passenger collidec
with Capital Transit Co. bus.
Her daughter, Mrs. Lane Lock.
wood. 48, and granddaughter, Mis-.
Cherry L. Lockwood, II, were also
injured In the accident which oc-
Cured at Adams Mill road anG
Kenyon street NV.
Mrs. Lockwood is in Walter Reed
Hospital, seriously injured. Mis-,
Lockwood was slightly hurt. She
was sent home after being treated
at Emergency Hospital.
The driver of the taxicab, Eu-
gene H. Poole, IS, of 5208 Fifth
street NE, and the bus operator
Russell D. Insley. IS, of $500 Rhode
Island avenue NE, will be sum-
moned to appear ut a coroner's in
quest, the date Of which has not
been set.
Evening star., 1944-07-13
Southern States Act
To Curb Polio Spread
Nv the Associated Pres.

BY the Associated Press
Health officers in Southern State.
took new steps yesterday to prevent
spread OF an infantile paralysis out.
break centered in North Carolina
where 270 cases and Is deaths hav.
been reported.
In Kentucky. eight new cases re.
ported brought the States total Il
129. with deaths.
Georgia's health officers, return.
ing from a conference in Raleigh
N. c.. ordered 2l-day quarantine
at home for all Georgia children re-
turning from North Carolina cpl
demic areas. They also ruled per-
mission to return must be granted
by health departments of both
States. Nine polio cases have been
reported In Georgia.
Physicians in South Carolina
where l6 cases were reported, will
confer Saturday with the State
Board OF Health on plans for pro-
lection against the disease. The
meeting was called by DR.. Ben r.
Wyman, State health officer.
Baptists, Methodists and Presby-
terians were advised against attend
ing their summer retreats in North
Carolina
More than 100 volunteer Red
Cross nurses from every Southeast
ern State have gone into North Car
olina to man emergency hospital
centers in the Piedmont and upper
Piedmont sections, where the out
break is heaviest.
Cases reported in other Southern
States are: Mississippi, %; Virginia
rs; Louisiana, So; Alabama, 9: Flor
ida, 13.
Evening star., 1944-07-13

ported over this country after dark.
For London 1t was the third raid
freed night in row, but the bombs
have been striking the city during
daylight hours-at the busiest
periods, when they are likely to
cause the most confusion.
For week noW-since Prime
Minister Churchill's report announc-
Ing that also of the one-ton bomb
carriers had been launched against
Britain-the attacks have grown
gradually lighter.
Londoners Sleep in Shelters.
Despite these respites, Londoners
continue to bunk In shelters.
Coming from varying directions,
the flying bombs brought death by
ones and twos yesterday as houses
and shops were demolished.
An increasing number of the
robots have been coming from an
easterly direction, indicating they
were being launched from points
along the coast OF Belgium, some $50
miles from London. Some have been
gliding slowly and silently down in
recent days. in contrast to the deep
plunge all the early ones took.
At least 100000 persons, 60, 900 of
them children, have left London.
Night life has fallen OF markedly.
Twenty-one theaters have been
closed, and bars no longer are crowd
ed. Some Of this change can be at
tributed to the fact thousands OF
American soldiers were drawn from
London by the invasion.
The change-over to raid condi-
tions has been smooth, except for
some looting and complaints of raid
free areas baking at taking in evac-
uees.
Some districts have posted warn
ings Of prosecution If persons in safe
areas refuse to shelter evacuees. "
The London Daily Express said
there had been many reports of or
ganised looting" after bomb hits.
Looters face . possible death PEN
atty.
Evening star., 1944-07-13
Enemies Lotest BOBBY Trops
Shown to Press by Patterson

For the benefit Of rear echelon
reporters who write about the war
from the safety of the Pentagon,
Acting Secretary Robert p. Patterson
exhibited today at his weekly press
conference some Of the latest and
most diabolical German and jap
anese BOBBY traps.
It was the noisiest press confer
ence ever held At the Pentagon. This
air reeked with the smell Of powder
and nervous newsmen jumped al
mild charges in the BOBBY traps ex-
ploded.
You've been writing about these
weapons and devices, 30 We thought
Evening star., 1944-07-13
| Sleeper in Park
Held for Illegal
Use of Uniform

When the Naval Shore Patrol
awakened quartermaster, third
class, who was sleeping early yes
terday morning in Franklin Park
they thought they were merely help
ing tarrying sailor to get on his
way
But when the man, Benny Ray
Murphy, %, of Cincinnati failed to
produce adequate papers, he was
turned over to the FBI.
Arraigned yesterday before United
States Commissioner Needham C.
Turnage on charge of illegally
wearing naval uniform, he pleaded
guilty and was held in $500 bond
for grand jury action
Murphy told the FBI he had ar
rived in town yesterday and a man
he met at Union Station lent him
a uniform.
Evening star., 1944-07-13
King and Queen See
Robot Bomb Downed

NEW YORK. July Is lP.-Tht
King and Queen of England saw 9
robot bomb shot down yesterday 9
short distance from where the,
were standing during 4 visit to ar
ack-ack emplacement. the BIC
stated in . broadcast recorded las,
night by NBC.
Their majesties were visiting the
antiaircraft battery when a robo,
bomb sputtered overhead, The ack-
ack blazed away and the bomb con-
tinued on its course until a fighter
plane dashing out Of a cloud bank
detonated the missile with a burst
Of its gun.
Evening star., 1944-07-13
3More U. 5. Agencies
Exceed Bond Quotas;
Total Is S126,300,

While three more local Federal
agencies, making q total of IL, re-
ported War Bond sales in excess Of
quotas, District overall sales have
been boosted $500 900 to grand
total of $l26, 800 900, Treasury ON
cials announced today.
Employees Of the Maritime Com
mission-War Shipping Administra-
ton have 126 per cent of their $40l,
152 quota; Foreign Economic Ad-
ministration has lis per cent of q
S245.0 900 and Smaller War Plants
lo2 per cent Of a s42,70O quota.
Individual sales as of Yesterday
totaled $41 800 900, the Treasury re-
ported, or GIT per cent of quota.
This is an increase of four-tenths
per cent. The sale of E bonds.
which officials of the drive are
pushing, totaled $23 900, 900, q gain
OF five-tenths per cent. Corpora-
ton sales remained at $85 ,OOO, 900.
Meanwhile, William B. Dolph
chairman OF the radio group of the
District War Finance Committee.
announced that the six local sta
tions have more than quadrupled
their quota Of $780, with total
sales of $l33.7O3.
Goldenberg department store en-
ployes, who put their campaign over
the top, yesterday received 1875 in
dividual citations, plus a banner for
the entire store. John D. Reilly,
chairman of the War Finance Com
mittee, made the awards at a meet
ing of store employees.
In the Nation wide race for over
subscriptions the Associated Press
reported West Virginia ahead of
Maryland by several percentage
points. Chairman w. Bladen
Lowndes Of Maryland said Mary
land sales totaled $393, 900 900. or
172 per cent of quota, while West
Virginia sales were reported at $l45,-
1l0,l84, or 179 per cent of quota.
In the District, the Civil Aero
nautics Authority, one of the largest
bureaus in the Commerce Depart
ment. pushed its sales to $50 per
cent of a $l15,279 quota.
Evening star., 1944-07-13
Receivership Ordered
As Circus Suits Mount
By the Associated Press.

HARTFORD, Conn, July 49,
With the Ringing Bros. and Barnun
d. Bailey Circus placed in the hand.
of a receiver through an order o
Superior Court Judge John H. King
damage suits against the circus cor.
poration mounted steadily towaro
the million dollar mark today.
Several new actions filed yesterday
totaled $265 900, bringing the totaI
damages asked to date to 1898 900
with many more suits still in the
process of being filed
Deaths yesterday of Mrs. Helen
Gray, IS, of Providence. R. J., ano
Mrs. Jarvis N. Mason, 35, Of West
Hartford brought the toll of last
Thursdays disastrous fire to 1862.
Many of the suits named the city
of Hartford as co-defendant, and in
at least one other, Fire Chief John
c. King and Fire Marshall Henry G
Thomas also were named
DR.. Alfred L. Burgdorf. city health
officer, reported today that So young
children were among the l62 who
died as result of the fire.
OF the 1862 dead 43 were men, 118
women and one unknown Children
IA and under totaled So. The largest
number of dead, 81 were in the to
q wears age group.
Roland Butler, circus press repre-
sentative. said prompt action would
be taken to vacate the receivership.
A conference between attorneys
bringing suits against the circus and
1t. Gov. William l.. Hadden, cir
Gus defense attorney, was in prog
ress today.
Insurance Commissioner w. Ellery
Allyn also was expected to disclose
during the day the results of his in
vestigation into claims of Ringing
Bros. and Barnum e. Bailey, Inc.
That 1t possesses public liability in
surance, probably with Lloyds of
London.
Evening star., 1944-07-13
Gen. Grant Is Speaker
AT Fort Stevens Memorial

Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant III last
night described how President Lin
coin watched the battle of Fort
Stevens at commemorative exercises
observing the 80th anniversary OF
the fight. The celebration, spon-
sored by the Ladies Of the Grand
Army of the Republic, Department,
of the Potomac, was held at the
restoration of the fort at Thirteenth
and Rittenhouse streets NV. The
battle was fought on July II and IL
1854, with the main engagement
taking place. on the second day.
Other speakers at the exercises
presided over by Mrs. Goldie q. Der
rickson, department. president of the
sponsoring group, were William I
Jenkins Of the United War Veterans
Capt. r. r. Burgess of the AAF and
Joseph A. Walker, past commander
Of the Fort Stevens Post, No. %. A
poem written for the occasion vas
read by John Clagett Proctor.
At the end of the exercises 4
wreath was placed on the spot where
President Lincoln was believed to
have stood in Watching the battle
Evening star., 1944-07-13
Robots
Continued From First Page.

session the government will meet
the desire of the House" In a state
ment last week Mr.. Churchill turned
thumbs down on a suggestion for o
secret session, saying it might give
the impression he had mot been
frank"
1t was Edgar L. Granville. Inde-
pendent, from . Southeastern Eng
land county, who suggested that
tho Prime Minister should recon-
slider suggestion that the govern
ment was caught unprepared and
caught mapping"
Mr.. Attlee snapped back, ANY
body who listened to or read the
speech by the Prime Minister will
realize the government were not
caught mapping"
England had its hrst all-clear
night in a month.
Not a single sobot plane was re-
Evening star., 1944-07-13

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Evening star., 1944-07-13
Navy Prohibits Otter
OF Leaves for Buyers
OF War Bonds
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Navy disclosed today
that an officer in charge of War
Bond sales at the New Orleans
Armed Guard Center had been
told he should not offer aid in
obtaining leaves as an induce
ment to service personnel to
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Such aid. the Navy said, had
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Evening star., 1944-07-13
Message From Chang
Presented to Roosevelt
b. the Associated Pres

b. the Associated Press.
DR.. H. H, Kung. Finance Minister
OF China, yesterday presented ia
President Roosevelt b message from
Generslissimo Chang Kai-shek but
gave reporters no hint as to its con-
tent.
1t Was Dr.. Kungs fourth call or
the President since his arrival in
this country He is a Chinese del
egste to the International Monetary
Conference at Breton Woods, n. H
Evening star., 1944-07-13

harmless looking section Of 4 stair.
way close to the press table, and .
sharp explosion resulted.
Clocks that are several minutes
behind time, pictures OF pinup girls.
bottles of wine and numerous other
devices to attract the attention Of
unsuspecting GI's also were touched
Ioff.
Evening star., 1944-07-13
Russia
Continued From First Page.

reported the capture of the post
office, He described the Nazi gar
rlson as lin state of agony
The captives testify that the SOL
dlers wanted to surrender but were
prevented by Storm Troopers, who
threatened to kill any who did" he
wrote
Gen. Ivan Cherniakhovskys Sd
White Russian Army continued its
advance north and south of Wilno,
capturing more than 200 places, in
Guiding the district centers of WASH
liszki, 81 miles west of Ida, and
Radun. l6 miles north.
The Finnish war communiuue
broadcast by Berlin radio said the
port of Kotka. east of Helsinki on
the Gulf of Finland, was bombed
last night and two of the attacking
planes were shot down. Five other
Russian planes were destroyed over
the fighting front, the war bulletin
said.
II asserted that Russian gains on
the karleian front were wiped out
by counterattacks and 81 Red Army
tanks were destroyed
Evening star., 1944-07-13

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Evening star., 1944-07-13

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Evening star., 1944-07-13

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29

fred Pelletier. celebrating his
18th year at the Metropolitan,
One of the operas to be re-
vived will be Wagner's Die
Meistersinger," which has not
been given since the start of the
war. Herbert Jansen will sing
the role of Hans Sachs. so long
synonymous with the name OF
Friedrich Schorr.
la Gioconda," also out of
the roper DRY for FIVE years, will
be restored with Zinka Milanov.
There will be a new production
Of Rimsl.y-Korsakoff'S lie Coo
dor" sung in English as The
Golden Cockerel."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29
Met.
On Nov. u
NEW YORK, Oct. %.

NEW YORK, Oct. %.
THE Metropolitan Opera will
Il open its 1944-45 season of
lS weeks on Nov. u with some
new singers but no new operas
in the repertory, although some
favorites which have been alb
sent for a time will be restored.
In announcing his program,
general manager Edward John
son expressed regret that Pro-
kofieff's new opera, War and
Pc, &C." will not be presented as
planned because the New York
production must await the
world premiere in Nose COW,
which will not be until next
March.
The season will begin with
one OF the oldest of war horses,
Gounods Faust" which opened
the Metropolitans doors In
1883.
Licia Albanese, Raoul John,
Martial Singher and Ezio Pima
will be in the cast, with Will
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29
From 1925

By LOUIS SOBOL

THIS Is how it was 19 years
i ago: Along with Joe Con-
molly. Bugs" Baer, George
Finley, Brad Kelly and Ham
Fisher i had gone to New
Haven to attend q bachelor
dinner for Roger Connolly,
Joe's brother. young manag.
ing editor of the New Haven
Register.
Jack Pearl was on his way
to Europe ] took time of
to make an observation or two
on a )oony character whom
some time previously I had
labeled broadway Rose"
At Zelli's, Claire Windsor. in
a state Of excitement, con-
fessed she had played horses for
the first. time-and had par
layed seven Of them-in q show
parlay-and all had won
She had a pocketful of money
as q result, she said.