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Evening star., 1944-06-23
Boom Is Developing
To Place Byrd on
Republican Ticket
Knutson Fovors Ideo
Of Nominating Vireinion
For Vice President
BY the Associated Press.


A boom for Senator Byrd, De-
mocrat, of Virginia, as the vice
presidential nominee on the Re-
publican ticket developed today
among COP members of Con-
gress.
House Minority Leader Martin,
who will be the permanent chair
man of the Chicago Republican
Convention convening Monday, told
newspapermen there appears to be
great deal of sentiment for
Senator Byrd"
He added that "Ill have to get to
Chicago before I know just how
strong this sentiment is"
Representative Knutson, Repub-
lican. of Minnesota, member of the
House Ways and Means Committee,
told reporters he would arrive in
Chicago Saturday and would pro-
mote the idea of offering the
Vlfglnlan the second place on the
Republican ticket
Representative Eaton of New Jer-
sey, ranking Republican on the
House Foreign Affairs Committee,
was in the group discussing the
convention and commented: Sen
ator Byrd is great national asset.
His party label doesn't mean
thing. He's an American"
Representative Knutson said that
with Senator Byrd on the ticket I'VE
can carry Virginia, the Carolinas
and several other Southern States
While observing that there is sub
Stantial sentiment for Senator Byrd.
Representative Martin did not eX-
press any personal preference, re-
minding those with whom he talked
Gao pVDn
Evening star., 1944-06-23
Bolivia Is Recognized
By U. 5. and IS Other
American Republics
Stote Department Reports
VilIorroel Hos Purged
Pro-Axis Elements
BY JOSEPH H. BAIRD.

The United States and 18 other
American republics are renew
ing diplomatic relations with the
Bolivian government headed by
Maj. Gualberto Villarroel, it was
announced today at the State
Department. Relations were sew
cred last January.
This country and II of the other
American republics are presenting
notes to the La Paz government to-
day. Uruguay, for reasons not an
nounced, will delay its formal state
|ment Of recognition for "A day or
two. The remaining American re-
public, Argentine, never has broken
relations with Bolivia.
Besides the United States, the 10
nations granting recognition were
Brazil, Chile, Colombia. Costa Rica,
Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador,
FL Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Hon.
duras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama,
Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Vene-
zuela.
Loyal to United Nations.
Recognition followed a decision
that the Villarroel regime had been
purged of all pro-Axis elements and
could be regarded as loyal to the
cause of the United Nations.
The United States is expected to
send an Ambassador to La Paz soon,
but State Department officials were
unable to say early today whether
Pierre Boal, the former envoy there,
would return.
The State Departments action
was announced in the following
formal statement:
Between January "a and January
%, 1914, 10 American republics, after
full exchange of information and
consultation with one another, de-
clared their intention to withhold
recognition from the Bolivian junta
which came into power on Decem-
ber 90 1943.
They concluded that recognition
of the new Bolivian regime would be
in the interest of the security of the
hemisphere and the success of the
Allied cause This was the criterion,
and the only criterion, which they
considered in passing upon the
status of the Bolivian regime.
Since last January the provisional
government of Bolivia has carried
out a number of decisive and affirm
ative acts in support of hemisphere
security and the cause of the United
Nations. Accordingly, the Ameri-
can governments have reviewed the
situation again by exchanging infor-
nation and consulting with one an
other. The consensus of this consul
tstion is that there is no longer rea-
son for withholding recognition.
The exchange of information and
consultation which led to the deci-
sion by the sovereign states con-
Icerned that the Bolivian government
should be recognized took place pur-
suant to resolutions % and % of the
(See BOLIVIA, Page A-14D
Evening star., 1944-06-23
Reinforced Americans
Gain on Soipon

PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUAR-
TIERS, Pearl Harbor, June % [P.-
Twenty thousand Japanese on Sal
pan Island, apparently abandoned
to their death by routed Nippon
ese feet, today faced a Yank in
vasion army which now outnum-
bers them.
Sensing almost certain victory In
the distant Marianas, the reinforced
Yanks scaled the heights and probed
the f1atlands of that island gateway
to Japan, China and the Philip
pines.
Last night Admiral Chester w.
Nimitz reported that the invasion OF
Saipan was going we'll.
Supported by planes operating of
captured Aslito Airdrome and out
cunning the Japs on the ground,
fCao CATpAJ taa
Evening star., 1944-06-23
Starts
Recess Tonight
Until August |
Action on Fund Bills
Sweeps Docket
Almost CIeun
BULLETIN.

The Senate sent the $49,-
107,785,795 War Department
appropriation bill to the White
House today and then for
mally adopted resolution for
a congressional recess until
August l. Calendars in both
houses were being cleared
rapidly to permit wind-up
this afternoon.
BY the Associated Press.
Congress pulled it's travelling
bags off the shelf today and
prepared to quit until August l.
BY nightfall. members expect to
resolve all the questions remain-
ing in the passage of budget mat
ters for the next fiscal year. That
is important now, with the old fiscal
year running out June 30. After
that date, not cent can be spent
by a Government agency unless 1t
Is authorized
Moreover, Republicans want to be
in Chicago where the Republican
National Convention starts Monday.
The Democrats convene In the same
city July 49,
The recess until August was
fixed yesterday after a conference
between House Speaker Rayburn
and Senate Majority Leader Bark
ley. Some voices were raised In
favor of rest until after Labor
Day but they were voted down.
Another Recess Probable.
Senator Barkley said there Ia
some thought among members to
take longer recess, but most Of
them want to come back and sec
what the situation is' before max
ing the decision.
Meanwhile, President Rooseyelt
said he will consult administration
advisers before acting on recently
passed legislation extending the life
of the Price and Wage Sterilization
hCt. I1E Sdlu titC bili Ik1c itOt yCS
reached the White House.
The President signed $27 $685.
798, ,3o1 appropriation bill for the
Navy, boosting to more than $57,-
000, 600 900 the total funds given the
worlds largest navy in the last two
years.
At the moment, Congress has to
settle only such issues as move-
|ments to exempt insurance com.
panies from Federal regulation.
and to revive Federal crop insur-
ance.
If nothing Is pressing when
the lawmakers return some fiye
weeks hence, Senator Barkley said,
I'VE might recess again" until early
in September.
Meanwhile, either the majority or
minority leader of either house can
demand a recall of the Congress in
the event of an emergency"
The legislators swept the docket
almost clean yesterday by complet-
Evening star., 1944-06-23
U.S.. Foreign Policy Not for Sale,
Roosevelt Replies to Finn Query

the present Finnish government is
allied with our common enemy,
Germany, and fighting against our
common ally, Russia.
A reporter pointed out the State
Department explained the expulsion
did not mean a diplomatic rupture
between the two governments and
asked what Mr.. Procope had done
personally to offend the United
States. The President said only that
the diplomat is persona non grata.
Evening star., 1944-06-23

BY Iht ASSOclaIed PTeSs.
President Roosevelt said today
this country's foreign policy is not
for sale for $148000, the approx
mate war debt payment made by
Finland shortly before the State
Department ordered Finnish Min
lister Hjalmar Procope to leave the
United States.
The President refused TO comment
further on the Procope expulsion,
but said we must remember that
Evening star., 1944-06-23
Saiipan Situation
Most Critical Of
War, Japs Say
Navy Spokesman Sees
Threat to SEQ and
Air Supremacy
BY the Associated Press.


Etsuzo Kurihara, chief of the
naval press section of japanese
imperial headquarters, declared
in a formal statement broadcast
by Tokyo today that the battle
situation in the Saipan area is
the. most critical one since the
beginning of the war;"
The statement, recorded by the
Office of War Information, said a
major effort would be necessary to
turn back advanced naval elements
"centered around more than 20 air.
craft carriers and more than dozen
battleships with more than 100
transport ships"
"The enemy's plan of advance is
the greatest since the beginning of
the war Ia the strength of the main
force and in the furiousness of the
enemy's fighting morale" Kurihara S
statement said.
He said Saipan in the Marianas
Islands is 1858 nautical miles from
Tokyo and 1900 nautical miles from
the Philippines.
Threat to Supremacy.
Therefore, if the enemy succeeds
in building powerful air base here,
the influence on our sea and air
supremacy in the Western Pacific
will be extremely great. If the en-
emy uses large-type bombers. the
homeland of Japan and the Philip
pines will be exposed within the
bombing sphere of enemy planes"
The statement broadcast on the
japanese home radio as well as
abroad acknowledged the Saipan op-
Grafton as an advance of the enemy
into our inner line"
The naval press chief said:
by mobilizing the entire strength
of the land, sea and air forces in
this area, we must exert our efforts
for the destruction of the enemy in
the future. The battle on Saipan
is one of the most difficult for the
enemy and the suffering of the
enemy is clearly seen in the foreign
and war reports from this area.
Our officers and men are fighting
with indescribable brilliance. Each
time we receive a report of their
achievements, we feel our blood
stirring with excitement"
Evening star., 1944-06-23
Italy-Based Bombers
Smash al P|oesti
Oil Installations
Force From Brituin
Hammers Aeoin at
Pos-de-CoIuis Area
BY the Associated Press.

ps tHe hssOCiatSu rFtsS.
SUPREME ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS, June %. - Italy
based bombers smashed the
Romanian oil installations at
Ploesti again today while Lib
orators and Fortresses from
Britain stabbed through clouds
for the eighth straight day of
'Smashes at the Pas-de- Calais
rocket coast"
The Italy-based force-of prob
ably more than 500 heavy bombers-
also attacked Giurgiu, Danube port
where Romanian oil is transhipped
to river boats. The assault coincided
with a British Ministry of Economic
Warfare estimate that Germanys
yearly output of oil has been re-
duced about IS per cent by aerial
bombardment OF the last three
months. A ministry spokesman said
the German Army is getting less
than half the gasoline it needs. The
spokesman said German liquid fuel
cutput OCCH IuL 1IOtI
or 100000 tons yearly to about
100000.
Enemy Fighters Encountered.
The ITALY, based .bombers. escorted
by Lightnings and Mustangs, met a
considerable number of fighters
over Romania, an announcement
said, and several were shot down.
The rail yards at Mis-, Yugoslavia,
also were bombed.
Todays attacks came after night
in which RAF heavies struck at the
Nazi ment-crammed rail
yards at Reims and Laon, bringing
to climax one of the greatest days
of aerial operations since the
launching of the Normandy in
vasion.
Seven bombers were missing from
=
Evening star., 1944-06-23
Nationals and As Play
Exhibition Monday
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ABERDEEN, Md, June 23.-Two
American League baseball teams, the
Philadelphia Athletics and the
Washington Nationals. will play an
exhibition game at the Aberdeen
Proving Ground Monday, Capt. H. S.
Covington, APG athletic officer, re-
ported today.
Evening star., 1944-06-23


LONDON, June 23.-The Ger
mans announced today that the
Red Army, striking on the third
anniversary Of Hitler's invasion
of Russia, had launched its long
awaited summer offensive on
the eastern front.
While Moscow had not as yet con-
firmed the opening of the drive, the
German high command and official
Berlin broadcast declared the Soviets
moved forward yesterday on broad
front north of the Pripet Marshes
on the most direct road from Moscow
to Berlin and Warsaw--in an assault
which may be co-ordinated with
Allied advances in France and Italy
The Germans said large-scale
Soviet offensive was set in motion
from south of Mogilev to north of
Vitebsk with heavy tank and plane
support, while Moscow announced
that triple Russian spearheads drove
deeper against the Films, north of
Lake Onezhkoe (Onega) and up the
Aunus Isthmus, as we'll as along the
northern reaches of the Karelian
ISthmus.
Bitter Fighting Reported.
The Berlin communique said the
initial thrusts were parried, but
bitter fighting still is going on on
either side of Vitebsk."
The assault was accompanied by
local attacks northwest of Tarnopol
toward Lwow, in Southern Poland
below the Pripet marshes, the re-
port added. The first German re-
port was made by Ernst Won Ham
mer, chief military correspondent
for International Information Bu-
reau, a propaganda agency. His
account was followed by similar ac-
counts by DNB, Official news agen-
cy; Transocean, another news agen-
cy, and by the high command.
While making the usual claim
that the Russian gains were sealed
of promptly, Won Hammer said the
Red Army was using artillery and
GdIlkS OIL grand scale.
London military men adopted a
wait and-see attitude. Three days
after the Allied landings in Nor
mandy the Germans announced the
opening of new Soviet drive which
did not materialize.
Could Aim Straight at Berlin.
However, in the past, German re-
ports of Russian drives almost al
ways have preceded those from Mos
COW, which is inclined to wait for
substantial results before issuing
communiques.
An offensive developing along the
Mogilev- Vitebsk line could be aimed
almost straight west at Berlin
southwest at Warsaw about 42O
miles away or northwest to lop off
the Baltic states by cutting $50 miles
to Riga
1t is certain that the Russians are
employing only small percentage
of their rested and re-equipped
forces against Finland, and that the
Red Army is in a position to strike
anywhere it chooses along the front
from the Black Sea to the Baltic.
Tansocean said that a big at
tack with very strong forces was
made by the Russians along a front
about 95 miles from just south of
Mogilev to just north of Vitebsk
and that fierce fighting continues
there.
1t also said reconnaissance indi-
Gated the lull likely would be broken
soon on the north end of the east
ern front, but it did not specify
where.
In its broadcast, the international
Information Bureau said:
While the Russians did not &c
beyond local attacks on the south
ern sector, they started big attack
south of Mogilev up to the region
of Vitebsk, with heavy artillery and
tanks on q wide front"
Evening star., 1944-06-23
BULLETIN.

CHICAGO (P.-Gov. Thomas
E, Dewey of New York sent
Republican platform drafters
a message today criticizing
the national administration
as "a sprawling, overlapping
bureaucracy" and calling for
a new regime in which the
President would act with
Congress to raise the Fed
eral service to a high level OF
efficiency and competence"
Evening star., 1944-06-23
BY GOULD LINCOLN,
Star Staff Correspondent.

CHICAGO, June 23.-"We pre-
serve America and we cooperate
with a free world" is the inter-
pretation placed by Senator
Vandenberg of Michigan on the
draft Of foreign affairs plank for
the Republican platform which
he submitted to the Resolutions
Committee today.
The resolution, which is similar to
the Mackinac declaration pledging
United States collaboration with
other nations to maintain peace,
will be considered by the Resolu-
tions Committee and put in final
shape for submission to the national
convention next week.
Evening star., 1944-06-23

tSee BYRD, Page A-2.l
Evening star., 1944-06-23
Yanks Capture Important Peak
Speedy Fall Of Cherbourg Seen;
Berlin Reports Big Soviet Drive
Russians Attack
On Central Front,
Germans Assert
BULLETIN.

LONDON (P.-The German
radio commentator, Ernst
Won Hammer said tonight that
the Russians were attacking
along a front of more than
100 miles in White Russia and
had made a breach in Ger
man lines southeast of VII
tebsk. The Reds were driving
to break through along the
Dvina River into the Baltic
states, he declared.
POUND FINNS or
three fronts and extend gains
Page Az
Evening star., 1944-06-23

(See CONGRESS, Page A-l4o
Evening star., 1944-06-23

tSee SAIPAN, Page A-14D
Evening star., 1944-06-23

Continued on Page A-4, Column l.
Evening star., 1944-06-23

See WAR LOAN. Page A-5D
Evening star., 1944-06-23

(See INVASION, Page A:
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-13

chine standing against the west
wall. Each day the operator
comes and places but half a
dozen packages of a scarce
brand in the filler where there
is room for two dozen. So MAJ
lie, the waitress, counts her nick
els and dimes and Immediately
empties it of her favorite
smokes.
In Ohio, where Gigs sell for
II cents, three pennies are at
tached to each package where
the customer is required TO de-
post two dimes in the dispens-
ing machine.
Possession of widely-reputed
cigarettes is somewhat analog-
Gus to prohibition days when
the owner of a quart Of 20-year-
old WhiSkey was a note of social
distinction, and also cause for
celebration.
It is our belief, however, that
there's little difference in most
brands and that tobacco is to-
bacco, as the poets might say,
the difference lying chiefly in
ones mind. And if you want an
evenings fun try the blindfold
test.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-13
Nervous Smokers
Eye Cigarette
Shortage

Cigarette smokers who must
have their favorite brands and
will accept no substitutes may
find the going a little tough
from now on. Shortages have
been reported in various brands
although no absolute overall
sell-outs are apparent.
Some odd incidents have &C.
Cured among cigarette smok-
ers, as we'll as among cigarette
manufacturers, reminding us of
the "blind-fold tests" in which
the smoker is shielded from the
knowledge of the brand of ciga-
rette placed in his mouth, and
the multitude of best-by-test
sales campaigns made. Of course
all of these tests are made by
impartial experts" =
Although no rationing of Gig
arettes is planned by OPA au-
thorities according to pub
lished reports), rationing on a
smaller scale has already come
to our attention. There's the case
of Smoker X who can smoke
nothing but Hyena brand ciga-
rettes, so, his favorite cigarette
stand reserves a package daily
for his consumption.
Then there is the sandwich
stand that has a dispensing ma
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-13
DiaboIicaI Nazi
Booby-Traps
are Revealed

WASHINGTON, July Is -
Up The Army said today it
had received a report that the
Germans were using a new and
diabolical BOBBY trap candy
with a piece of termite implant-
ed in its center. When eaten,
the candy melts away and the
termite flames up in the throat
and mouth.
Two experts in BOBBY trap
detection told of the device
during a demonstration of wea-
pons and mines at acting Secre-
tary of War PattersonS' news
conference
The Germans also are using
the Yankee desire for cleanli-
ness in devising other traps, the
experts reported. A liquid soap
dispenser is filled with sulphur
ic acid, or similar material, to
burn the hands when tipped up.
Another gadget is an innocent
looking cake of soap which can
be used for some time and then,
when the outer coating is worn
away, detonates an explosive to
blow off the hands.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-13
Appeal
Continued from Page -

Ernest Goodman, attorney for
the Negro owners, in a petition
before the State Supreme Court
who stated that a hearing on the
petition would be heard Tues
day, July II, in Lansing.
This show-cause order as 10
why the St. Clair S;,0Ies village
commission should not be COM
pellerd to issue soft drink Ii
cenSe follows a similar appeal
before Circuit Court Judge AL
ton H. Noe whose position was
that of following the expressed
wishes of the village authorities.
The former Blossom Heath
Night Club property was pur-
chased from administrators of
the Villa mMcIntosh estate for
$4,000 with the intention of
converting it into an inter-racial
night club. Five hundred to 1000
cards were expected to be is
sued.
St. Clair Shores authorities
cited zoning ordinances in de-
tense of their position which in5
cludes refusal TO turn on water
facilities. Judge Noe, in an in
terview, stated that he would
welcome the mandamus action
before the higher court.
Mrs. Esther c. Whetzel, state
president of the Blue Star
Mothers organization, has re-
Gently been underline by out
state units of the group which
seek to impeach her.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-13
Shores
CONTINUED from Page -

charter candidates. Some per-
sons remained in the election
booths as long as Is minutes
making their individual choices.
Delay in compiling the re-
turns resulted from the fact that
Precinct 3 voters were still bal
loting at 1890 pm, and those
in Precinct 2 were actually cast
ing their ballots after midnight.
Precinct 3 is the heaviest pre-
cinct, and although election Off
Gals had other voting machines,
supplies for them we've not re-
ceived.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-13

India's industries are expand
ing, and with 20 per cent of the
worlds population and only OBJ
per cent of the worlds coal, its
reserves of good coking coal are
being rapidly depleted.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-13

When an Australian bulldog
ant is cut in two, the front and
rear ends will fight each other.
The Valley settler., 1944-07-21
LOCAL BRIEFS
JULY 2l, 1914

LOCAL ERI EFS
 Mrs. F. N. Dorsey end children and Mrs. Jack Tyler and chi Id of An ,iloreso are spending several de Ts with Mir. and Mrs. Max Sh 5rrod
 Mrs. Frances Henry and tncee chi ldren recently left for the outside where Ruth Il receive medical attention.
 Mrs. Jemes Phieffers end fam- fly have been visiting with her par snts, Mir. and Mrs. c. o. Hunt ley.
 Eleanor Falk, three year old Dauc hter of Mir. end Mrs. Victor Falk, wes 9 patient ct the Provi- denc4 Hospitel for three days the past week.
 Have your clothes cleaned at tha Valley Cleaners, located in North Palmer.
 The fifth wer bond drive hes b extended through this month. Dc our share!!
Evening star., 1944-11-28

several very fine concerti for that
instrument, intending to show it ir
the best possible light. The work or
Yesterdays program was no excep-
ton. Mr.. Vardi's viola virtually
sang, especially In the largo, in the
true, grand manner of the Italian
school so akin to the artists tenn
perament.
The Concerto was followed by
Brahms Sonata in F Minor" orig
inally written for the clarinet, but
well suited to the sombre, warm
voice of the viola, which always is
at its best in the low and middle
registers. Bach's Prelude" from
the unaccompanied violin Sonata in
G Minor" and the Alexandrow-
Borrissowski Aria" played after
the intermission, belong to the same
category
From Mr.. Vardis choice of num-
Evening star., 1944-11-28

bers and his manner Of playing
them one would gather that his
training was primarily that of 4
violirlist. To use this repertoire for
the viola requires greater repose and
control. such as Mr.. Vardi has not
yet acquired. Bach's "Fugue in g
Minor" the companion piece Of the
Prelude" is most trying even for
expert violinists and demands care
full handling. Mr.. Vardi's perform
ance OF it lacked purity of tone,
clarity, stability and smoothness.
The same can be said OF the three
Paganini "Caprices," Nos. 8 and II
placing stress on intonation in the
altissimo, which Mr.. Vardi did not
meet with accuracy.
Substituting Faure's Lullaby" for
Yellin's "Nocturne, the artist closed
the program with another we'll
known violin virtuoso piece, Sara
sate's "Zapateado," and the same
composers "Playera."