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you can relieve headaches, in
digestion, nervous fatigue, poor
circulation, and other discomforts
due to wrong posture and weak
ened abdominal and back muscles.
They will keep their shape until
worn out-and will wash like
lingerie. THE SPENCER CORSET
SHOP has Office hours until 6 pm.
ION Friday until 7 PM Located
at 1000 CONN. AVE, End floor.
Entrance and elevator at It'll <
ST. Phone MA. 1870.
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for play. You'll find bigger va
riety than ever before. New styles,
new patterns, better wearing quail
ties priced at only 1926 and
s495 in white, beige, blue, red,
green, black and brown. Slim.
narrow and medium widths-sizes
to 9. You'll also find the most
beautiful -rationed shoes for
street wear with high heels. only
s6.95. Stop In tomorrow. ROSS
SATURN is open daily from to
7; Thursdays from Q to 9. Located
a half block below Dupont Circle
at 1928 CONN. AVE. Phone DU.
0346.
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And now that the weather Is nice
simply drive out to the corner of
Glebe Road and North Washington
Blvd. in Arlington, Va.-and enjoy
luncheon or dinner. Complete
dinners, 85c to SIPS. Open from
II am. to IL pm.-but closed all
day Monday, For reservations,
call OK. 1895.
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was, too. For the food at this
enchanting little spot is truly
delicious-and always prepared to
your order. They serve huge,
meaty hamburgers-and you enjoy
them while you perch in a high
chair. They're open from II am.
to 2 a.m.-so that you can drop
in any time Of the day or evening.
It's particularly popular between
2 and IL pm. when folks who've
stayed too long at cocktail parties
and who want hot snack get
piping hot foods, like sizzling ham
burgers, homemade fresh vegetable
soup, fresh country eggs-as we'll
as tossed green salad and rich
chocolate cake. THE TOP
FOUNDER Is located just west OF
Connecticut Avenue-at l73S l.
STREET NV. Phone Elk. oa7s.
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Guest in Falls Church

Mrs. M. Maynard-Brown has as
her guest in Falls Church Mrs.
Elizabeth Wheeler of Summit, N. j.,
who is here to make the acquain-
tance of Mrs. Browns little grand
daughter, the baby daughter of
Chief Radio Operator j. S. w. Roam,
Merchant Marine, and Mrs. Roam.
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AND SUDDENLY
IT'S HOT

Suddenly, one fine morning
summer descends like a hot
shower. Cigarettes toste dif-
ferentIy-food is on onothemo
and your hshtest wool feels
miserobIy hot and sticky.
Comes the urge TO toss
owoy stern corsettins--to pile
your hoir high on your heod
10 be as fresh as toIcum.
So here's whot to choose.
Fobrics thot crush not, neither
do they eIins-lines thot slim
ond ottenuote-soft lines, eIo-
eiaI lines. but all bent on
making you look as frosty
cool os chilled melon.
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preventative. rOI
external use, try
Rusto Lotion. It's
nice and clean to
use - and relieves
itching and dry ex-
udation. HOMOE-
OPATHIC PHAR-
MACY, 724 18th
ST. NV. Phone
MA, 1898.
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f1nd at BRESLAU,
the friendly shop.
Choose them early
choose them
now and you'll
provide your own
C lin 6 system
when the torrid
days arrive. Charm
ing one and two
niece StvlaS-f1ouer
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BraSslere Will act
as a second skill
to aid your muscles
when they've lost
control. Because
your Spencer is
individually de-
signed, with every
section cut and
made to solve your
m Nart,o,,ioa xaLla.
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you'll find the entire
personnel specialists
in COLD WAVES
and absolute geniuses
in creating flatter-
ing coiffures with
the n e W Feather
Haircuts. If you're
a service girl-or q
young woman who
desires comfort as
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tons! And at L.
FRANK COM
PANY you'll find
a won d e r t u |
soap and = water
collection .
temptingly priced
from 81 to s8.95.
Wear them now
under your spring
suit. Wear them
Evening star., 1944-04-30

Mrs. Frederick H. Taylor at s17
Prince street, and Judge and Mrs.
Thurman Arnold at 100 South Lee
street.
Mrs. Eugene H. Dorman is chair
man of the Tour Committee.
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-
n e " S e YER y
where - after
they've been to
O'DO NELL'S
s E A GRILL.
z v cry seafood
delicacy in sea-
son Is on the
m e n u - a n d
\ n res really
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needs are sup
piled by ROSS
SATURN. And
right now they
want gay, COL
orful, practical
non rationed
casual S h es
that c an be
worn for day
time as well as
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~SM Ol tIle
Hotel Raleigh.
At one o'clock
while enjoying
your luncheon,
you also see
at close range
t h e Low e ly
S u m m e r
clothes you'll
n e e d from
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colors, gay prints, and much
wanted dark colors, too. Ask for
Susan Joy"-she will be delighted
to help you with your problems
SIT 12th ST. Phone MA. 1868.
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Is wonderful news
to those of us who
are fran t C ally
busy all week. A
staff Of skilled hair
stylists give all
types Of perma-
n e n is, including
Cold Waves. Lo-
Gated at sos Flower
xFA~,s m % l. - -
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well as fiattery in your hairdo
try a new feather cut you'll
love it. 1928 CONN. AVE. Phone
DE. 5811. Bethesda salon: 7248
Wisconsin Ave. Phone OIL. 1915.
Evening star., 1944-04-30
Move TO Arlington

Mr.. and Mrs William w. Burns
and the latter's mother, Mrs. P. L.
Burton have moved from Falls
Church to Arlington.
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/" HATs OFF TO JACK
SPRATT'S." So good
Is his food that everyone follows
the old nursery rhyme adage, and
clicks his
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d" THE FOLKS WHO LUNCH
AND DINE at this
favorite seafood restaurant are its
finest advertising agents. They
SY,read the eooJ
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p l a t t e r
Gle a n -
The whole
family will
love this
N o u s e
that Jack
= II /; I \ -
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sonai ef1ort IN their wonderful
gym. Try rhythmic exercise, the
ringroller, tiger-stretch, exercycle
and barrel-roller-plus expert mas
seuse-to remould your hips, thighs
and waistline. Miss Williams, the
directress, will be delighted to give
you a figure analysis. Colonic ir-
rigations given by Miss Zapf,
graduate registered nurse. Sun
lamp treatments, for S. 1921
CONN. AVE. Phone DI. 3616.
/" TREAT YOURSELF TO
NEW POISE, charm
and posture!' TTIE.MA DOYLE
has perfected her understanding
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" A AVoID POISON IVY, If
you can" Don't for
get that homeopathic RHUS TOX
3X Pills are being used now as a
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IS IT'S SPRING-AND TIME
TO TAKE A NEW LEASE
ON LIFE" Go to HEADS OF
CONNECTICUT AVE. I. . wnere
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later with contrasting skirts or
under brightly colored jumper.
See them tomorrow. r Street and
18th.
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n e S a | d ,
6 r i n n | n &
W 1t h glee,
i c a m e
S / r q ig h t
here -didn t
I | o u n d err"
A~I ~tol,t La
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" COTToNs YOU'LL LIVE
IN and LOVE!"
Carefree and dressy cottons in
dresses full Of high spirits-youll
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/" ELEANOR'S BEAUTY
- SALON offers a unique
service" You can get your per
manent wave on SUNDAYS. This
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&" NOUR CORSET Is TO
YOUR FIGURE
what your cosmetics are to your
face" A SPENCER Corset or
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I" WOMEN ARE ALIKE
80 w THE WORLD OVER
they want something to wear
Here In Washington their shoe
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now on-modeled by stunning
rnannequins. For reservations
call Mr. Arthur-NA. 1910.
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spread If
you've developed
a do " RS
hump o n the
back OF your
n e C k 60 to
t he EN- lie
HEALTH CLUB.
You can achieve
a slender figure
with q little per-
Evening star., 1944-04-30

COMPANY who
eradicate ciga-
rette burns, rips
and moth holes
I ro m silks,
woolens a n d
fine linens. They
also repair runs
and snags in
S t o c ki gs-
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" TITLE JACK HoRNER
Ill.,. relaxed in a cor
ner OF the very amusing TOP
ROUNDER. Its lucky for me"
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i" FASHIONS WITH A
STOP, LOOK, AND
LISTEN AIR" await you every
Saturday in the PAIL MALL
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" CTRETCH YOUR WARD
ROBE with crisp cot
ton blouses." Wonder workers,
these well-tailored or frilly cot
Evening star., 1944-04-30

your hair, you'll find
the most enchanting
collection Of hats
exquisite little whim-
sizes for dress, huge
cartwheels for shade,
adorable half-hats i.
all inspired by our
most famous design
ers. Open evenings
til 9 pm. 1888
AVE. Phone GE, Gill.
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methods - and can
train you to become a
successful mani1equin.
A complete course day
or evening, with in
dividual instruction is
only $50. 1911
CONN. AVE. Phone
DU. 0404 or WI. 1856.
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/" NO APRIL FooLTNG
ABOUT TEus!" You
Will be amazed at the wonderful
skill Of the veavers at the STELOS
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~ %1& HELENE

IS X EEP YOUR FIGURE
YOUNG" II you've
developed "sparetire" around
your middle >. If your hips have
Evening star., 1944-04-30

few OF the "one-
of-a-kind" cotton
dresses from MOL
LIE ZECHNER,
who is always for
tunate to secure a
number of SAM
pie" dresses from
outstanding dress
m a n u [ a cturers.
Evening star., 1944-04-30

UIo laVII OF. INV.
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" FMHY PACH has CLAM
orous hats" for hair
dos that have their ups and
downs" No matter how you wear
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NVcllUe, I u K q III
Park, Md. Phone SH 8066.
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UU IT NISO IIIlu
cool summer prints and lovely dark
sheers. 2519 l4th ST. co. 1856.
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pair gloves--and
613 l2th ST. NV.
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EWTI III pm. 1883
GEORGIA AVE. Phone GE. Gill.
" IT'S TIME TO START
l. PICKING COTTONs."
Your Washington summer ward
robe won't be complete without a
Evening star., 1944-03-19

given Germany a second Stalingrad.
How many more Stalingrads will
there be?"
Another leaf1et, carried a three
column picture Of Flying Fortress
with dotted lines extending beyound
the wing tips to show the greater
size Of the American super bomber
now In production and yet to be
seen over Germany.
The leaf1et gave factual account
of the sinking of an Allied troop
ship with the loss of 1000 American
troops, and noted that this was the
only heavy loss suffered in trans
porting 100000 American soldiers
overseas with their weapons, equip
ment and supplies.
The third leafiet declared that the
Nazi leaders dreaded peace because
1t meant "tfe end of their power
the end Of their privileges, the end
OF their lives" To make other Ger
mans dread peace also, the message
said. the Nazis are arguing that Ger
mans would be enslaved by peace
through capitulation.
1.-THE truth is, that Hitler's wa,
has enslaved the German people,
the leaflet went on. German
have to toll like slaves for Hitler's
weapon forge and die like slaves 70,
Hitler's war. Peace would end this
slavery. The United Nations have
not the intent of enslavine the Ger
man people, stated President Roose-
! welt on December a., 1943."
Evening star., 1944-03-19
Escaped Prisoner Tells
How 10 Deal With Japs
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 1S.-
Comdr. Melvyn H. Mccoy, who made
a dramatic escape from a Japanese
prison camp, expressed concern to-
day over the very real possibility"
that benevolent politicians" will
want to treat the Japanese as blood
brothers" at the end of the war.
THE only way to deal with the
Japs," Comdr. Mccoy said in a press
conference. 'is to exterminate them.
However since this cannot be
done, I believe that all the Jap
anese. those in this country, too,
should be concentrated in Japan,
all their armed services abolished
and that they should be patrolled
| by police from other countries,
preferably Chinese, with no oppor-
tunity to prepare for another war
he declared.
Evening star., 1944-03-19
Nozis Report British Using
Magic Eye on Niqht PIones

1STOCKHorM, Mi. IL (4sAn
ingenious magic eye" which en-
abies Britisf bombers to detect the
approach Of German night fighter
planes is one Of several new gadgets
which the Nazis say the British are
using in the current aerial offen-
sives.
The Berlin correspondent OF
Dagens Nyheter described the de-
vice as combination acoustical and
optical instrument which lights a
colored lamp in the pilots compart-
ment when other aircraft come
within certain range. The device
also is said to sound a distinctive
warning in the pilots headphones.
While the device does not dis
tinguish between friendly and en-
emy aircraft, it nevertheless alerts
the bomber crews, the story said.
The same report also told of o
special type of small radio transmit
ter suspended from a small balloon
which bombers-presumably the
pathfinder raid leaders-release over
the target in cloudy or heavy
weather.
The Nazis say the transmitter au-
tomatically emits a constant radio
tone to which later bomber waves
can tune to get a directional fix
The Germans reported the Allies
are also using an extremely power
full flare bomb which turns night
into daylight for Photographic re-
| connaiSSance
Evening star., 1944-03-19

B olling G Field, Pfc. L. B. Hunter.
Pfc. Hunter entered the Army last
May and has been overseas since
September. His fiancee, Miss Betty
Fuller, lives at 46 Burns street NE
Staff Sergt. Magruder, 81, has
been missing in action over Ger
many since February rs. He had
been overseas since December and
as a turret gunner had received the
Air Medal and oak leaf cluster. He
had written his family to look for
him around the Fourth Of July"
A native Of Washington, Sergt.
Magruder was employed by the
Glenn Martin Co. in Baltimore be-
fore joining the Air Forces in Sep
tember, 1943. His two sisters, Mrs.
Dorothy Elizabeth Hatch and Mrs.
Margaret Louise Parker, live here.
1t. Nordstrom, 28, was wounded
while on tank patrol duty on the
Anzio beachhead. He expects to
return to active duty soon. Previ-
ously, he had served with the Tank
Corps through the initial landings
in North Africa, Sicily and Italy,
receiving slight wounds on one oc-
casion.
Lit. Nordstrom, son of the late 1t.
Comdr. Isador Nordstrom, was grad
uated from Eastern High School.
He holds the Oak Leaf Cluster in
addition TO the Purple Heart.
Evening star., 1944-03-19
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated PreSS.
American bombers in their day.
light raids on Berlin have dropped
not only bombs but also bulletins
urging the Germans to repudiate
their Nazi leaders in the interest
Of peace, the Once of War Infor-
nation disclosed yesterday.
The messages, which also pic
tured the might Of American bomb
ings still to come, presumably were
those which prompted Propaganda
Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels' re-
cent threat Of Imprisonment to any
German who did not surrender
Allied leaflets Immediately to the
authorities.
Three leaflets were in the series
dropped along with thousands o1
tons of bombs on the German
capital.
One leaflet, entitled "Stalingrao
Number Two" told Berliners that
IS 900 German troops were killed
and l8,200 imprisoned at Cherkassy
on the Russian front, one year
after Stalingrad.
"As at Stalingrad, the German
troops in the Korsun pocket were
ordered by Adolf Hitler to hold q
strategically impossible position.
the leaflet said.
80 Seldom in all history has
military leader committed such
colossal blunder as Hitler COM
mitted at Stalingrad. Now he has
Evening star., 1944-03-19
American Aviaiors
Improve on Japanese
Tricks, Pilot Says

American naval aviators are out
tricking the Japanese flyers at their
own game according to 1t. Comdr.
Arthur T. Decker, 81, Of Glen Ridge.
N. j., who commanded q naval dive
bomber squadron during the recent
attacks OH Truk and Saipan.
Comdr. Decker held q press con-
ference at the Navy Department yes
terday and had with him his 22-ysar-
old aviation radioman-guiiner John
Meerians Of Horton, Kans.
The flyer revealed that q cruiser
and three destroyers in the harbor
at Truk at the time of the attack
tried to make getaway. His group,
he added, was sent after them, but
failed to make q hit. Later. an
American task force squadron found
the Jap vessels northwest Of the
island and sunk them by gunfire.
Everybody In the Pacific agrees.
Comdr. Decker said, that the Japs
are leaders In night torpedo attack.
They are clever and have al sorts
Of tricks, but the Americans are
learning some Of their own.
A legend that the attack on Truk
exploded were the stories surround
ing its power as strongly defended
naval and air base. Because Of this
''build-up," he said that on the first
attack day the flyers were q little
nervous, but when they did 80 well
they became more confident on the
second Of the two-day assault. On
the second day, he said, there was
no air opposition at all.
The Saipan show, he commented.
was much easier than Truk, except
that the weather was the worst the
flyers had ever experienced.
During six months Of operation,
Comdr Decker and his aerial gun
ner covered 57,713 miles. They were
in the raids on Marcus and Wake,
the invasions Of the Gilberts and
Marshalls, as well - the Tr,ik and
Saipan shows.
Evening star., 1944-03-19
Z From D. T.. Killed,
|3Missine, 2Wounded
In Various War Zones

Two District residents have been
reported dead in war zones, three
others are missing in action, and
two have been wounded, accord
ing to War Department announce.
ments and information received by
the next Of kin here.
The dead are 1t. John Boyd
Dexter, husband of Mrs. Helen
Dexter, l7l6 Kearney street NE.
and Pvt. Albert L. Checkston, who
formerly lived at 4809 Fourth street
NV.
Those missing in action include
staff Sergt. william r. Collins, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. James H. Collins,
1870 Rodman street NV; Staff
Sergt. James E. Magruder, jr., son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. James Z. Magruder
701 N street NV, and Navy Radio
Gunner @. J. Farmer, r., son Of
10. j. Farmer, 2032 Belmont road
NV.
First 1t. Francis G. Nordstrom
son of Mrs. K. v. Nordstrom, 4014
Ninth street NE, and Pfc. Lewis B
Hunter, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Olir
M. Hunter, 638 E street NE, are
the two men reported wounded. 1t
Nordstrom already holds the Purple
Heart for wounds received earlier In
the war.
A cable from England this week
Evening star., 1944-03-19
British Reveal Secret
Rocket Gun Prope||ant
Made in America
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. Mar. 18.-Britain off,
cially disclosed tonight that she has
been using rocket guns effectively
against German planes since the
very outset of the war-steadily i'm
proving them, and now using a pro-
pellant material manufactured in
the United States Middle West.
While this was the first official
announcement of the rocket guns
and included details never hitherto
mentioned, an unofficial report on
their use against German raiders was
allowed to be cabled to the United
States on February "a. That report
included mention that five years of
work had gone into the device and
that tests had been made in ia
maica.
Tonight's announcement said the
rockets were in use "in various
theaters of operations" and called
the propellant "one of the most ef-
fective yet known"
Disclosure that this rocket fuel
was being made in America was q
clear sign that the United States
Army also is using rocket guns.
While the Germans have been
Whooping up talk of rockets in
their nerve war;" the British have
remained discreetly silent-so silent
that even the mere mention of the
word rocket" was censored from
all stories.
every Potent Weapon"
How much the rocket batteries
have contributed to the defense of
Britain cannot yet be disclosed"
the military statement said. "The
number of kills, however, is proof
that they are a very potent
weapon"
The rocket barrage touches off
virtually an umbrella of explosives
and in some respects is even a
more terrifying sound than the
crash of bombs. Even blitz-hard-
ened veterans find it hard to dis
tinguiSh the rockets from the sound
of bombs by their roar.
A sheet of shrapnel comes down
from the exploding rocket project
lies like hail pelting a tin roof.
From the days of Munich, the
announcement disclosed, Britain was
ready to begin turning out rockets
in mass production after secret tests
in Jamaica.
Even WorkmeH Didn't Know.
Workmen were trained in their
manufacture, and for three years
have been making them without
knowing just what this funny look
ing weapon was; all they knew was
they repeatedly were cautioned to
use painstaking care.
The rockets originally were de-
signed to hold off low-f1ying dive
bombers, but since the spring Of
1941 they have been used with great
success against high-fiying bombers.
The brain behind the British de-
velopment was DR.. Alwyn Douglas
Grow, 48-year-old controller of pro-
jectile development in the Ministry
Of Supply, and an infantryman In
the last war. Since 1886 he has
worked with chemists, physicists,
ballistic experts and engineers in
conducting secret experfments
Evening star., 1944-03-19
|kensington Woman S Death
BY Gas Ruled Suicide

Mrs. Marian J. Valentine, 66, of
Kensington, Nd, wife Of Louis L.
Valentine, II, former Kensington
Mayor, was found asphyxiated yes
terday in the kitchen Of her home
Montgomery County police at Be-
thesda said her nephew, 1t. Robert
L. Weston, who lives with the couple
tol dthem he found Mrs. Valentine
seated in q chair in the kitchen with
|her head in the oven. The gas was
turned on.
Members OF the Kensington Res
cue Squad sought to revive Mrs
Valentine for almost an hour but
were unsuccessful. DR.. r. j. Bros
chart. county medical examiner
issued a certificate of suicide
Mr.. Valentine said his wife had
been in Ill health for some time
and had been respondent.
Evening star., 1944-03-19

Radio Gun. Farmer, jr.Pacif1c - over
Tarawa, Kwajalein and Roi.
1 His father. G. J. Farmer, Is vice
president Of the vari-Typer Corp.
here. His wife, the former Viola
Kathryn Tagel. and his 5-month-
old daughter, Sharon Ann, whom
he has never seen, live Ia New York
City. Z -
staff Sergt. Collins, 10, was a tall
gunner on B-24 Liberator. Ac-
cording to the War Department, he
has been missing in action over
Germany since February "A.
Raised in Washington, Sergt. Col
Inns attended Woodrow Wilson High
School. which he left in January
1943, a month before graduation, to
join the Army Air Forces.
PFC. Hunter, 20, is recuperating in
a hospital in North Africa. Ac-
Evening star., 1944-03-19
RUSSIA
O 100
u---~---uAu-uu-u(
SfArU1t Nuts

badly beaten but still retaining some
fighting ability:
The 9Th, 18th, 46th, 62d, 10th,
304th, 306th and 335th Infantry;
the 18th Motorized Infantry and
the 23d and oath Tank Divisions.
Some Of the 9Th Army's headquar-
ters staff escaped along with small
formations OF troops, 1t was added.
Marshal A. M. Vassilevsky, chief
of staff of the entire Red army, was
named as specially assisting in the
operation.
The BIC lost no time in warning
RumAnia that her number was UP.
A statement Immediately read over
the European service said:
'The Russians are on the Dneister.
This news means for Rumania that
the hour of defeat is striking. The
myth Of German protection has
been exposed, together with the
myth Of German 'invincibility.'
Can't Play for Time.
"The journey upon which Rumania
embarked at Germany's side nearly
three years ago and which carried
her forces to the Caucasus and the
Don has led back to the Dneister---
across which the defeated German
armies and any Rumanians with
them will soon be in full retreat. i
.There is no possibility that Ru-
mania can play for time. If she does
not break with Germany at once Ru-
mania will have lost her power to
act as an independent nation :.
The whole Rumanian people must,
without an instant's delay. face the
realities of the situation"
Yesterday was theh 1,000th day OF
the German Russian war, and the
Russian Communist party paper
Pravda sounded the Soviet keynote
with the declaration:
1.-THE German Army is on the
verge of catastrophe"
The dramatic drumfire of Russian
victory announcements apparently
caught German propagandists nap
ping. In the past, through bitter
defeats, they have always been on
the air with plenty to say and de-
vious ways of saying it. Now Ger
man comment was scarce; the only
speaker heard said merely that there
was heavy Russian pressure and
that German rearguards had moved
back to the Southern Bug River.