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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-05-19
Key Burma Base
Penetrated by
Allied Troops
Two-Woy Advance
Threatens Town
| Of Myitkyino
BY the Associated Press.

SOUTHEAST ASIA HEAD
QUARTERS, Randy, Ceylon,
May 19.-Brig. Gen. Frank Mer-
rills jungle-fighting American
and Chinese infantry, with air.
borne reinforcements, have
penetrated the outskirts of
Myitkyina, in Northern Burma,
it was announced today.
The airdrome, 2 miles south of
the town, was seized two days ago
in a surprise attack.
While troops poured in to the field
by air from other elements of 1t.
Gen. Joseph w. Stilwell's forces,
another Merrill column occupied
the village of Nawraw Sakan and
threw block across the Mogaung-
Myitkyina road.
An official announcement said
other troops were thrusting toward
Myitkyina from the north Myitky-
ina is a major Jap-held base in
Northern Burma.
Jap Division Cut Off.
Meanwhile, on the India side of
the Indo-Burma warfare, an Indian
army brigade in a sudden slaShing
attack by circuitous march through
the jungle threw road block across
the Tiddim road south of Imphal to
the south of the enemy's main po-
sition, Allied headquarters an
nounced.
This march through the toughest
country around the enemy's eastern
flank cut off the Japanese 33d Di-
vision which had been attacking
Imphal from the south.
The communique said many cas-
ualties were inflicted by the Gurkhas
making up the brigade which re-
pulsed Japanese counterattacks, and
much equipment was captured.
North of Imphal, at the one en-
envy road block remaining between
that base and Kohima, Allied troops
repulsed series of night attacks,
it was stated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-05-19
ACL Rail Line Blocked
By Wreck of Gravel Cars

BY the Associated Press.
DILLON, S. c.. May 19.-All
traffic on the Atlantic Coast Line S
main North-South route was blocked
when hundreds of tons of gravel
were dumped upon the tracks by a
freight train wreck inside Dillon's
city limits early today.
Twelve cars of a Soulful bound
train were piled up, eight of them
steel gondolas loaded with granite
gravel. Railroad men said they were
unable to account for the wreck.
There were no known injuries.
About SO trains a day use this
route, and most of them were being
detoured.
ROadmaSter w. L. Freeman said
it was possible one track might be
cleared by midnight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-05-19
Defenders of Loyong
Cut of, Chinese Concede

CHUNGKING, May 10 GA
Chinese army spokesman conceded
today that the defenders of the an
Gent city of Loyang in Honan Prov
ince were surrounded and completely
cut off, but he said the Chinese still
retained 80 to 80 per cent of the city
and were determined to hold out. "
1t was announced that the jap
anese who cut the east-West Lung
hal Railway west of Loyang had
joined forces with the invaders from
Shansi Province and in a further
push had reached the railway town
of Shanhsien. This town is 40 miles
from Tungkwan, the gateway to the
northwest at the Yellow River elbow
Meanwhile, Japanese troops
thrusting westward south of the
Lunghai rail line were declared to
have advanced to a point So miles
east southeast of Tungkwan.
New Gains West of SaIween.
The Chinese offensive in Yunnan
Province, aimed at a junction with
1t. Gen. Joseph w. Stilwell's forces
in North Burma and reopening the
Burma Road, is making further ad-
vances west of the SalWeen River
the spokesman said.
Supporting that Chinese drive
American airmen attacked Teng-
chung and Lungling, principal Japa-
neSe bases in Yunnan.
Chinese troops were reported tc
have reached at two points the
western slopes of the formidable
Kaoli Range, running north and
south between the SalWeen and
Shweli rivers.
One OF these is near Mamien
Pass, 40 miles northeast of Teng-
chung, and the other is in the vicin-
ity of Pingka, "a miles southeast of
Lungling. The advance near Ma
mlen Pass brought the Chinese into
the ShWeli River Valley, which lies
generally northwest of the Burma
road. The airline distance between
Myltkylna and Tengchung is IS
miles.
Assaults Continue,
In Honan Province, the Chinese
spokesman said, communicating
Chinese forces which had preached
the north-south Peiping -HankoW
railway at several points are con-
tlnulng their assaults, attacking
Changtaikwan, II miles north of
the japanese base of Sinyang, and
Mlngkiang, % miles north of Sin
yang.
Japanese reinforcements were
pouring into the Hankow area in
considerable strength, he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-05-19
OPA Is Simplifying
Rules; 5 Volumes
Will Replace IS
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSoclateC Press.
Congress, now streamlining
the tax laws, learned today it
has a competitor in the simpl-
fication business the OPA.
Price Administrator Chester
Bowles told the House Banking
Committee that OPA regula-
tons, previously bullying in Is
volumes, now ale being rewrit-
ten, in simple language, to fit
into five volumes,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-05-19
Soerabaja Raided
By Carrier Planes,
Tokyo Radio Says
Indian and Pacific
Forces Believed JOINING
In Indies Operation
MACARTHURS SEIZURE of Wakde
gives him strategic air base.
Page AS
BY the Associated Press

~>-~@~
Page As
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 19-The
Tokyo radio today said Soera-
baja, one of Japan's key bases
in the Netherlands Indies, had
been raided twice by Allied
bombers on the mornings of May
II and 10, and the japanese ac-
count suggested that Allied
naval and air task forces from
India were carrying out another
of their bold sweeps, this time
in conjunction with American
Pacific forces.
The broadcast, recorded by United
States Government monitors. said
about so bombers and fighters "com-
ing from the direction of the Indian
Ocean" carried out the first attack.
1T appears as though the enemy
came as portion of a task unit
based on an aircraft carrier" it
added.
The following morning, Tokyo
added, string of bombers shot over
Soerabaja zone by one" and ap-
peared to be Consolidated bombers
such as operate from the Pacific.
1900 Miles West of Darwin.
A powerful task force, including
an American aircraft carrier under
the command of Admiral Sir James
Somervllle, commander in chief of
the British Eastern Fleet at Ceylon
last was reported in action on April
10 when it attacked Sabang and
Sumatra at the western end of the
Netherlands Indies.
SoerabaJa is the once powerful
Dutch naval base on Java. 1t is / ,30(
miles west of Darwin, Australia.
Tokyo said some damage" wa,
done to installations in the first at.
tack by carrier planes, but claimed
three of the attacking planes were
shot down by ground defenses ane
two more were damaged in the sec.
ond attack. No mention was made
of any defense by aircraft.
An attack on Soerabaja serves g
military as well as psychological
purpose.
Through the long years of Dutch
occupancy, Soerabaja had been built
INTO one of the East's great nava
ports. In its roadstead were installed
complete facilities for supplying
f1ghting ships. In addition the port
mad repair Wharves, dry docks, g
marine railroad, floating cranes anc
other facilities for repair of both
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-05-19
BULL ET|N
More Landing Craft Voted

The House today approved
without dissent legislation
authorizing the Navy to build
an additional 100000 tons of
landing craft, largely to be
used in Pacific operations.
The program calls for an es-
timated cost of $1,SQ0, O00, 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-05-19
Weather Fair and Seq
Colm at Dover Stroit
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
LONDON, May l9.-Dover Strait
scene of possible Allied invasion
blows, was sunny and warm today
with visibility fair and the sea
smooth
The wind was variable and light
from the east and southeast and
the barometer was steady and I'M
changed. Last night the tempera-
ture dropped to near freezing.
High tides today at Dover and
Calais are at l0:49 am. and at
HOP pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-05-19

(See ITALY, Page ABB
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-05-19

See RAIDS, Page A-5D
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-05-19

tSee SOERABAJA, Page AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-05-19

(See ESCAPE, Page A-4)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-05-19
Guide for Readers

Lost and Found, AS Where to COB
Finance Alb Woman's Page Bis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-05-19

(See HOUSING, Page A-50
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-29
kPIIQrllian

NEW BALTIMORE - Herman
\. Kellarman, 90, died this morn
ing at his home, 237 Hathaway
street, in New Baltimore, follow
ing a seven-months' illness. Mr.,
Kellarman has resided for 80
years in this village, the latter IL
years being employed by the
Macomb County Road Commits
sion.
He was a member and a past
trustee and treasurer Of ST.
Johns Lutheran Church in New
Baltimore.
He is survived by his wife
Clara; three sons, Sgt. GLADDEN.
on active duty with the United
States Army in France; Roy, OF
Washington, D. c.; Herman, Jr.,
of New Baltimore; three sisters
Mrs. Bertha Kamin and Mrs,
Caroline Wetting of Detroit, and
Mrs. Clara Steisloff of New Hav-
en-; and a brother, Albert,
Funeral arrangements are In
charge of the Will Funeral
Home, which have not been com.
plCted.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-29

GraveSide services for Herbert
s. Taylor, 81, former Mount
Clemens resident who died IN
Delhi, n. Y, following a long
illness, will he held Tuesday at
3 p. m. at the Clinton Grove
cemetery.
Surviving Mr.. Taylor, who
made his home here for many
years while manager of the old
Detroit Creamery Farms, are
his wife, Alice; two sons, Stanley
and Richard, of ST. Clair Shores
a daughter, Mrs. Stanley Fierz,
Of Mount Clemens; and two
grandchildren.
Funeral services took place IN
New York and the body arrived
here yesterday at the Hubbard
funeral home.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-29

zap and Uilthi Islands In,
vasion support of Peleliu anc
Angaur Islands, Palau Island:
Strikes against Okinawa
lima, Nansei Shoto Strike!
against Apart, Luzon, Northern
Philippine Islands Strikes
gainst Tainan, Island of For
mosa Strikes against Apar'
ri, Manila Bay area and Legaspi
philippine Islands Invasion
support of Leyte, Philippine Is
lands Manila Bay strikes
Second battle of Philippine
Seas Visayan Sea strikes
and support of ground troops al
Leyte That's what we cal
a recordl
Douglas Harvey, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Jack Harvey, OF
Utica, is now serving with the
armed forces in Germany. In
a letter home he describes his
quarters in an abandoned,
bombed house "The roof
Is missing but the second floor
answers that purpose well.
The kitchen is used for
sleeping and straw piled on
the floor provides the beds.
The only article of furni-
ture left is a large kitchen
range" Harvey reports
there has been no severe cold
up to the time of writing
, and he has more warm cloth
ing than he can use.
A COLUMN READER who en-
joys good spooky show on loca
movie screens doesn't like t
have his Karloff fare spoiled by
a squealing infant either scarce
by the horror show or overtirec
by late night hours He sug
gests we ask parents to leave
their darlings home in bed Sc
the full, shivery reaction of the
villains screen carryings-on may
chill the souls of all lovers o.
zombie-stuff He feels tina
people who bring children t
such shows are tending to Spot
the entertainment of other!
and their own too
The same suggestion, of course
applies to intensely dramatic
war stories where an in,
fant's hollering could easily
spoil screen masterpiece.
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Sailor
Continued From Page I

Continued From Page
papers, S25 in currency and his
drivers license.
The young Coast Guardsman,
Joseph c. Ernst, Jr., must report
back for duty next week and
plans to leave his home Tues
day. If he doesn't recover the
valuable papers before that time
he may face tortuous delays and
discipline.
The wallet dropped out of
Ernst's pocket Thursday eve
ming somewhere in the vicinity
of st. Joseph's Hospital or on
Euclid avenue, Mount Clemens.
Ernst, a fireman nc, Is visit
ing his parents at their home in
Richmond and is more than anx-
ious to have whoever found the
wallet telephone him collect at
Richmond 70.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-29

wise and clean the proposed
Kinks will be O major problem
City and Department of Re-
creation officials are hopeful that
young and old of both sexes who
are interested in a real winter
recreation program will volun'
teer TO help the few paid city
employees who can be spared.
A great deal of work Is in
volved on the part Of the city.
The flooding of Kinks requires
the full daily attention of a
small crew of men who
can scarcely be spared from
their regular duties. To
insure success for the winter
sports program, good force
of volunteers will be needed to
keep the Kinks in good shape
and prevent rowdyism once
the skating starts.
DON PARENT, looking more
clipper than ever after his stay
at Fitzgerald Lodge, Friedrich
Mich, popped into the office
this week to report that his sor
Pat" is rapidly recovering from
the recent loss of his pet cocker
spaniel, because Santa Clau!
brought him a new one, named
Bling" a black beauty II
there ever was one. We asked
Don if Bling" could sing (like
his grooming namesake) and Dor
says you should hear him sing,
ing" about 5 o'clock any morning
Don and Elsie visited the
Mike and Vince Fitzgeralds over
Christmas.
Join the navy and see the
world Especially the South
Pacific) Is the advice of Yeo-
man nc Donald Price, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman Price, Of
Scott boulevard, who recently
locked here for a short fur
Tough. We can't say too much
about Prices war experiences,
or mention the name of the
famous fighting ship he served
on, but here's the list of ac-
tons he saw: Strikes against
Two Jima, Haha Jima and Chi
chi Jima in the BONN and
Volcano Islands Strikes
against Rota and Guam, Mari
anas Islands Invasion Of
Guam Strikes against
Palau Islands, zap and Ulithi
Strikes against BOnin
and Volcano Islands and ship
YOU'LL NOTICE some name.
are repeated, but they were diff
ferent actions Strike
against Two lima and Chich
lima in the Volcano and Bonir
Islands Strikes against
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-29

Funeral services for Robert j,
Smith, AZ, of 100 Meade street,
Mount Clemens, who died Sun
day evening at ST. Joseph's hos
pital as a result Of a beating Sat-
urday were held at 2 p. m, today
at the Turner Chapel with Rev.
J. w. Barnett of Detroit offici-
ating. Burial was in the Lin
coin Memorial Park cemetery
in Clinton township. The Hub
bard funeral home was in charge
of arrangements.
Surviving Mr.. Smith are his
wife, Charity; his mother, Mrs,
Caleb Turner, of Mount Glenn
ems; and a brother, Philip, with
the U. S. Army.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-29
Retapiure '(onthy'
Who Fled State Camp

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Dec.
% up The arrest of John
Stokes, Jr., "a, by FBI agents
at Philadelphia has completed
the recapture of Ii men accused
of desertion from the Germfask
Conscientious Directors Camp
in Schoolcraft county.
District Attorney Joseph F.
Deeb said proceedings have
been started 10 remove Stokes.
of Willow Grant. Pa, 10 the
Grand Rapids Federal District
for prosecution.
The series of escapes began
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Chair
Continued From Page I

tured in Lagrange, Ga, and re-
turned TO Mississippi for trial.
Not once during their last
hours did the two youths lose
their composure. During the trip
from the Meridian Jail, where
they were held, to Waynesboro,
they spent the time singing
snatches of popular songs and
laughing.
Both said in Meridian that
they planned to write to Father
Z. j. Flanagan, founder of Boys
Town, Neb., who unsuccessfully
sought to have their sentences
committed to life Imprisonment.
Father Flanagan asked that
the youths be spared because of
their age.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-29

hard for days, and by God, they
can keep on for days more if
they have to-"
The commander was dull
eyed with fatigue himself. But
a CLEAN lit his weary eyes and
he grinned through his frazzled
gray mustache as he said:
well, all in all, ! guess we
did a pretty good job on those
Krauts. My boss just sent me
over a bottle of whiskey."
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-29
Obituaries

held at 8 p, m. on Saturday, Sun
day and Monday. Final arrange
ments are under the direction of
the LaCroiX & Groesbeck Fun
eral Home.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-29
A. Duyi,SIager

Funeral services for Amiel
Duynslager, who died at his
h ome, 1872 Lincoln avenue
Thursday, will be held from the
residence at 9 a. m. on Tuesday
and at $50 from st. Peters
church with burial in the family
lot at st. Peters cemetery.
Prayers at the home will be
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-29
Qs Mn the Day ~
By D. A. ~
By D. A.

The ctys ambitious program for winter ice skotne and
possibly tobogeanne is being whipped into shape
and if ice Kinks be paved with good intentions there is no
doubt satisfactory result will be ottoned,
However, if technical arrangements and property Ieoses
can be made there other contribution necessary and
that is monpower Lack of able bodied persons to super
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-29

Aug. /, Deeb said. Six of tho -
other men previously appro-
hended have been prosecuted.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-11
TWiiggs Rites
Tomorrow
Obituaries

Services for Templeton p
TwiggS, retired Detroit educator
who died yesterday at the age
of Sc after n long illness, Will b.
held at 4 p. m. tomorrow in the
c. +. Schnaidt Chapel, 430 y
Washington. Royal Oak, with
rites conducted by Detroit Com
mandery No. !. Knights Templar
Burial will be in Woodlawn
Cemetery.
Mr.. TwiggS. who was born in
Marietta. o.. came 10 Detroit la
1889, After heading the Detroit
Business College for Is years. he
Joined the city school system IN
1897 and served until his retire
ment in 1923
Surviving are his widow. Flor
ence: three daughters. Mrs Murlel
T. Gibson Mrs. Grace Lewis and
Mrs Blanche Albrecht and three
grandchildren
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-11
NaZi Flag
Flies Here

II YOU see a huge Nazi flag
waving at 5266 EasTlawn, don I
call the FBI.
II is there because Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Van Heyel want
every one TO know how proud
they are of their son, Cpl. Albert
Van Hevel. who sent them the
captured flag from France. He
also sent home a compass and a
medal which had been awarded
TO a German officer.
Cpl Van Hevel, 25, has been
overseas nearly two years and has
served with the mechanical cav
airy in the invaSions of Africa,
Sicily and AnZio, where he was
wounded During this time, he has
mailed his family such diverse
articles AS camel skin purses.
jewelry and a Nazi officers
pocket watch.
In recent letter To his par
ents, Cpl. Van Hevel told of beat
ing a German officer 10 the draw.
He was pay roll officer
and had $4,000 with him." he
said. II split il with my buddies
hut still have enough left to
choke an elephant. And that's
about all I can do with IL he
cause. of course, it's German.
money"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-11
Officials Speed
Contract System

Organization of a joint termina-
ton coordination committee in
the Detroit area by the war and
navy departments to facilitate
contracts and contract termina-
ton, was announced today by
Brig. Gen. A. B. Quinton Jr., chief
of the Detroit ordnance district,
who will head the new committee.
The army and navy, it was ex-
planned, both procure supplies
through separate departments and
through separate services within
departments. making il necessary
for some war contractors TO deal
with many independent contract
ing offices.
The new committee will help the
interchange of information and
will aid in reducing the many WIS.,
its necessary between contractors
and the services.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-11
he pleaded guilty

Paul w, Morash. 20, of Port
Huron. former soldier, charged
with Violating L. s. customs rcgu-
lationS. IS under 81 900 bond today
and his case IS being investigated
by the federal probation depart
ment. He pleaded guilty yesterday
when ne was arralgned before
Federal Judge Picard.
An OPA complaint that MoraSh
was selling gas coupons in Port
Huron led TO his arrest. The youth
police said, admitted to six gas
station robbereS in ST Clair
County and four in Canada.
tfc-was arraigned here yeStcr-
day on charges of smuggling 81
watches into Port Huron with two
companions after a robbery at MI.
Forest, Ont. His alleged compan-
ions are still al large. Forty of
the watches have been recovered
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-11
Mrs. James A. Curtis

Friends in Detroit learned to-
day of the death of Mrs. James
a. Curtis, for many years a resi-
dent of Palmer Woods, who died
yesterday in Beverly Hills, Cal,
where she had been living with
her husband since his retirement
Ia years ago.
Mrs. Curtis, who was 81, was
prominent in Detroit social cir
cleS Mr. Curtis was vice president
of the Ford Galleries Co.
Funeral services will he held
in Glendale, Cal, at 3 p. m. Mon
daV.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-11
Refugees Here Write
Anti-Nazi Textbooks

NEW YORK. Nov. 10 lINSl-
Anti-Nazi textbooks. designed for
use in postwar German schools,
today were being prepared by
German scholars and educators
who escaped TO the United States.
-----Lff1ff1r- ooky.-tn-he-prhi1St1rd-hx
the anu-Htler publishing firm of
Bermann-Eischer Xerlag, are -ex-
pected 10 he available as soon as
Germany is defeated.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-11

AnlEHTiEEMENT
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-11
Scottish Rite
Reunion Ends

Comforting the 32d degree upon
sos candidates Of the Charles A.
Berkey Class tonight will con-
clude in Masonic Auditorium the
2l5th annual reunion Of the Scot
fish Rite Valley of Detroit. which
has been in progress nightly since
Oct. 81.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-11

It's got to be good to be
Americas most popular
whiskey. That nationwide
popularity is proof of
ScHENLEY Reserves top
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-11
Men, Women J! Old at
4O,5O, Want Pep?
Want to Feel Years Younger?

no you Blame exhausted WORKOUT fceiing on Age7
Thousands dmdEsd Al what little popping up with
Ostrcx has done Contains tonic many need At 40
30, 60 for body old solely because low IN iron also
prophy Tactic doses vitamin 49,. calcium 35c intro
ducfury size nov only poe Try Ostrex Tonic
Tablets for new pep. younger feeling this very day
For sale At all drug stores everywhere-in
Detroit at all Cunningham. Sans Cut Rate
and Kinsel Stores.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-11
ASKS FULL FARLEY

Willis said a second conference
should be held with all the United
Nations present, mot IN groups
Of Russia, Great Britain and the
United States or China. Great
Britain and the United States,
If this il going to he Il world
union Of nations there isn't
much Ia be gained nv CON
ferences of groups" he declared.
AS for presenting any agree
ment. treaty or charter 10 the
Senate regarding American par
ticipation in a world league, such
action would be futile now, he
yafd, UnUt- the -peEce- terms or all
the nations are known.